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Mike Swize has stepped down as superintendent less than a month after he was hired by the Perris Elementary School District in Southern California. But he was swiftly replaced.
By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education.
Nearly one-third of transgender students now live in a state that bars them from participating in school sports, according to the nonprofit think tank Movement Advancement Project.
The Michigan Department of Education already recruits and certifies more than 1,000 educators a year from other states, said State Superintendent Michael Rice, but this will allow the teachers to integrate into classrooms more quickly. It will “benefit districts across the state and particularly those in communities close to other states,” he said.
With more job openings in the trades and more questions around the value of a four-year college degree, high schools are turning their attention back to equipping the next generation with hands-on technical skills.
AI can greatly help educators—be they in the classroom or central office—to engage students on a more personalized level, ensure equal access to quality learning resources and ease the workload
Even before the pandemic, he believes Georgia was already in a pretty good spot in terms of leveraging innovative technologies in the classroom, says Keith Osburn, deputy superintendent for technology services and chief information officer for the Georgia Department of Education. So by March 2020, teachers and administrators already had a variety of tools in their wheelhouse.
Many superintendents believe building leaders know best what their students need. New research links school autonomy to improved student achievement—under the right conditions.
