"They're looking for quantity and not quality," Houston Federation of Teachers President Jackie Anderson told KHOU regarding Houston ISD's suggestion to hire uncertified teachers to fill vacancies.
"The current environment is very tumultuous for educators, particularly superintendents," said Sharon Contreras, former superintendent at Guilford County Schools. "It is tumultuous and stressful. I think the stress sometimes impedes innovation, and steals the joy that many once had in the profession."
Orange County Schools has suddenly parted ways with Monique Felder, who had been the North Carolina district's superintendent since late 2019. Elsewhere, hiring slowed down after months of heavy activity at the top of K12.
Three months into its post-collegiate life, the future of the vacated Iowa Wesleyan University campus is starting to take shape, with the Mount Pleasant Community School District offering to buy a portion of the 60-acre property for $1.25 million.
Milford School District says it scratched the practice from student handbook to "align the codes between the elementary and secondary levels as well as to streamline the content and align the terms."
State education officials have told superintendents that college-level AP Psychology can only be taught if content covering sexual orientation and gender identity is excluded.
As a country, if we're serious about ensuring that every student—regardless of the color of their skin, their background, or their socioeconomic status—can grow and thrive in the classroom and beyond, we must also ensure that every student has equal opportunities to succeed.
"The digital revolution holds immeasurable potential, but, just as warnings have been voiced for how it should be regulated in society, similar attention must be paid to the way it is used in education," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in a statement.
A coalition of parents, students, teachers and a union representing public education officials in Temecula, California, are suing their school board and district for implementing a critical race theory ban in December 2022.
