Predictable transportation routines can improve students' readiness to participate in classroom learning, particularly for children with special needs.

COVID funding provided underfunded Philly-area schools with laptops. 'RAMageddon' might send them back in time as the worldwide computer memory shortage drives up the cost of laptops.

Matthew Splain, superintendent of the Otto-Eldred School District, said his schools are struggling to keep aging, refurbished laptops from dying on students. The district's struggles are not isolated.

Districts that give teachers "time to play" with AI, though, can start to close the literacy gap that exists between teachers and their students.