Staying connected with networks of other district leaders is key to Superintendent Joseph Macary's leadership philosophy at Vernon Public Schools in Connecticut.

For more than a decade, school nurses, pediatricians, lawmakers, and others have warned that restraint and seclusion can cause long-lasting trauma and escalate negative behaviors. In the worst cases, children have reportedly died or suffered serious injury.

One of the biggest systems to pick a new leader is Yonkers Public Schools, the district on New York City's northern border. Anibal Soler, who has been the superintendent of Schenectady City Schools since 2021, will take the helm on May 1.

Mr. Khan’s vision of tutoring bots tapped into a decades-old Silicon Valley dream: automated teaching platforms that instantly customize lessons for each student. Proponents argue that developing such systems would help close achievement gaps in schools by delivering relevant, individualized instruction to children faster and more efficiently than human teachers ever could. Now the spread […]