As part of a major State House effort to overhaul the South Carolina's K12 education system, legislators once again are debating whether to force school districts with shrinking student enrollment to either consolidate or merge more of their services with other districts.
Deputy Superintendent C. Todd Cummings has been promoted to be the Indiana district's new superintendent. He will replace Kenneth Spells when he leaves at the end of the school year.
Acting Superintendent of Schools Laurie Pallin has been permanently appointed to head up the Connecticut school district. She has served as acting superintendent since April 2018 when the school district placed former superintendent Brian Levesque on paid leave. Pallin has worked in the Montville school district since 1992.
Tacoma Public Schools Superintendent Carla Santorno weighs in on other topics confronted by today's K12 administrators. Standards Link to main story: Tacoma Public Schools superintendent creates an opportunity engine "The best things we have going for us now are content standards. There are skills students have to demonstrate, and there are many different ways for teachers […]
The two words, "these kids," frustrate Superintendent Carla Santorno more than any other phrase. It's used by some educators as a kind of secret code and a flimsy excuse for academic failure among marginalized students, she says.
Peter Hannigan, currently assistant superintendent for human resources at Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54, will be the next superintendent in Hawthorn Elementary District 73. The district in 2018-19 has been led by two interim superintendents after former Superintendent Nick Brown took a position in Indiana.
Teacher: Helen Davis, grade 4: "She let me know I had worth" Childhood aspiration: Translator at the UN Pastime/hobby: My grandkids, Hallmark Christmas movies and old-time radio shows from the 1940s and '50s Travel destination: Venice, Italy: I will go for my husband's 65th birthday; his grandparents were born in Italy Food: Unfortunately, the almighty […]
Lee County Public Schools is asking a circuit court judge to order the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to allow the system's superintendent to become a special conservator of the peace, a designation county officials believe would permit him to carry a gun on school property. The school system filed the lawsuit challenging the state's decision to bar the system's employees from carrying firearms.
As in boxing, leadership is fraught with sudden surprises, some of which, if not anticipated, can deliver a hard blow. Lisa Gonzales, assistant superintendent in Dublin USD, and Charles Young, superintendent in Benicia USD, explain the strategies that will keep you standing at the final bell.
