Support from leadership is crucial as inflation, coupled with already low salaries, is making it even more difficult for educators to afford to live in their own school district. Here's what the data says.
At least 27 school districts in the past 18 months have started restricting backpacks, according to news reports. Though security experts are skeptical the measures make schools safer, they’ve become a common response to school shootings and to fears sparked by students showing up to school with guns.
Schools in Missouri are still rebounding from the pandemic's impact on student learning. State education leaders say they're also grappling with student mental health issues, chronic absenteeism and teacher shortages.
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Learn about the most common challenges that can arise, and practical ways for district leaders to address them.
More frequent testing that provides quicker results to students and teachers is part of a push toward new methods for evaluating progress instead of backloading assessments each spring.
Texas now requires an armed officer on every campus, but districts say cost and recruitment are the two biggest hurdles stopping them from complying with the new law.
Many teachers simply can't afford to live where they work, which can have repercussions for the quality of students' education, Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, told Axios.
