In one of the most high-profile changes in leadership, Mike Miles will initially earn $1,473 per day to lead the state of Texas' takeover of Houston ISD; his salary is expected to eventually match the $360,000 salary of former superintendent Millard House II.
"If you choose to respond in a powerful, informed, instructive and positive way, then it can be a huge benefit for us," says Jon Ostendorf, CIO at the Princeton Day School. "It's exciting because it's a challenge and we have to respond to it right away. Every day, you see more potential."
The driving decision in my departure was my concern with auditor interference when the board president instructed me to stop an audit,” Smith told The Dispatch recently. “It was a directive, which I complied with, and that led me to have concerns of, ‘Is this going to be the norm?’”
AI is already sending waves throughout education, with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates saying AI chatbots can teach kids to read in 18 months rather than years. Younger generations are surrounded by digital tools, and experts say it’s only a matter of time before classrooms are immersed in AI.
A Georgia superintendent has resigned from his post after agreeing to repay his district for repeatedly filling his truck up with gas at the school system's fuel depot, according to multiple reports.
"Many districts throughout the state will be passing deficit budgets, because they are facing the same challenges," said Austin ISD CFO Ed Ramos. "Teachers are leaving the profession. Employees are making the decision whether or not to stay in their districts."
Peltier v. Charter Day School, which is nominally about whether the school can impose a dress code on female students, hinged on the question of whether or not the North Carolina charter school is a state actor—in other words, a public school subject to the same rules as any other public school.
While the evidence suggests that armed teachers are an unlikely solution to districts' school security needs, where is it technically allowed? See if your state made this list.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education "failed to prove" a teacher acted unlawfully in a controversial case about teaching gender and critical race theories, an assistant state attorney general ruled Wednesday.
