The Texas Education Agency replaces the elected school board and superintendent at Beaumont ISD near Houston just days after the agency took the same action against Lake Worth ISD in North Texas.
Sioux Falls School District shaved $3 million from the current school year's budget under Superintendent Dr. Jamie Nold. His latest spending plan should save another $2 million.
Districts are under pressure from multiple directions: rapid student adoption, thin policy infrastructure, undertrained teachers, and a tightening pipeline of specialized talent.
