Superintendents for Hamilton Southeastern Schools and St. Louis Park Public Schools resigned suddenly as an Arizona school board voted its leader out after getting sued by the state.
Superintendent John B. Gordon III leads Suffolk Public Schools in telling a positive story about students and staff in the face of political antagonism and racism, deploying social media—Facebook and Instagram, in particular—to keep the community informed and engaged in Suffolk Public Schools' achievements and activities.
The Pulaski County and Lakeside school districts say that some of the incidents listed on a document circulated to reporters by the state Department of Education either never happened, or do not violate state law.
Matt Nosanchuk, a former Obama administration official and nonprofit leader, will oversee the agency's response to content challenges and take action if it finds that removing materials violated students’ civil rights.
Oklahoma’s new teacher sign-on bonus program championed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters is poised to award 533 teachers with bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $50,000—despite initial concerns about its legality.
It's called the Building Excellent Schools Today—or BEST—grant program, and it has awarded $3.5 billion over the last 15 years to school districts needing to update their buildings, according to the state department of education.
Lexington-Richland School District Five is asking the S.C. Department of Education to waive a state regulation limiting how long its teachers are allowed to instruct each week.
Report cards simply don't give parents the full picture. K12 leaders must provide families with real-time data so they can understand how to be a part of their child's next steps for success.
Can social media—a source of much consternation in K12 these days—play a crucial role in whether the states your districts call home remain among the best (or worst) for educators? Superintendents and their teams should consider leveraging Instagram, X and other platforms to connect teaching recruits with more experienced educators who can share reasons to come work in the district, advises Ramon Goings, an associate professor in the Language Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program at the University of Maryland.
The number of school shootings with casualties in the U.S. hit a new record in the 2021-22 school year and more than doubled from the previous school year, according to recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
