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AI is helping school districts navigate bus driver shortages

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | January 24, 2024

Bus driver shortages caused chaos in all 50 states this past back-to-school season, leaving many students (and their families) without a reliable way to get to and from class.

White House launches gun safety initiative with first lady Jill Biden

Rena Nigam | January 24, 2024

The new initiative will be unveiled Thursday in an event for school principals with first lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. Also participating will be Stefanie Feldman, who runs the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

Wisconsin school districts ask for funding referendums more often

Green Bay Press-Gazette | January 24, 2024

More than 50 school districts have already said they're putting at least one referendum on the ballot in 2024, and many others are considering it.

Cookies, chicken tenders, dumplings: NYC cost-cutting axes faves from February school menu

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | January 24, 2024

A $60 million November cut to the city's school foods budget is forcing the Education Department to thin out next month's school cafeteria menu by removing a host of pricier items.

A Texas school's punishment of a Black student who wears his hair in locs is going to trial

Rena Nigam | January 24, 2024

Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular classroom in Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu since Aug. 31. Instead, he has either been serving in-school suspension or spending time in an off-site disciplinary program.

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Why this 'Superintendent to Watch' prioritizes the 'individual student'

Micah Ward | January 24, 2024

Meet Philip Brown, superintendent at the Jackson County School System in Georgia, who was recently named one of the NSPRA's 25 "Superintendents to Watch."

Lessons for Strengthening Schools: Improving Education Workforce Resilience

Deborah Caldeira | January 23, 2024

By Nicola Soares, President, Kelly Education January 24, 2024 The talent shortage remains a pressing issue across all sectors, affecting industry and education alike. Despite employers' best attempts to resolve this problem, talent gaps stubbornly persist, raising an important question—why? The answer—there is a disconnect between employers and talent. The 2023 Kelly Global Re:work Report […]

Taking a closer look at what's behind school weather decisions

NBC Connecticut | January 23, 2024

Waterbury Public Schools Superintendent Verna Ruffin said it requires consultation between various groups, including public works and bus companies.

Safety concerns rise after two teachers carjacked outside of West Baltimore elementary school

Lorrie Lykins and Aaron Goldstein | January 23, 2024

One of the incidents happened Monday around 7 a.m., according to police. The victim told officers she was outside the school when someone approached her and demanded her personal belongings and car keys.

Keeping Florida schools staffed with substitute teachers—partnership improves fill rates by 30%.