A 36-year career in the Virginia Beach City School District has ultimately landed interim superintendent Donald Robertson in the top spot of Virginia's fourth largest school system.
IDEA does not apply to postsecondary education and so, if a student with a disability attends a college program on a college campus, they are beyond the IDEA's domain.
2023's honorees spearheaded innovative strategies surrounding the effective use of technology to engage their school communities and expand two-way communication efforts.
That 2022 law would have required school districts to divert funds to charter schools approved within their boundaries. Charter schools are funded with public dollars, but they are run by private boards or companies.
"The school bus industry is changing," says one expert. "We are going to go through the largest transformation the industry has ever seen in its 100-plus years of existence. And that's because electric is here, and it's not going away."
Administrators are turning to creative solutions to make substitute teaching more desirable. Most commonly, leaders are making efforts to boost pay, especially in high-needs areas.
Jefferson County Public Schools officials canceled more than 100 bus routes Monday because dozens of bus drivers called out. By Monday morning, a total 143 drivers had called out sick.
A controversy over the rebranding of a Kansas district's tiger mascot has led to the departure of Superintendent Jason Crawford from Jefferson West Public Schools USD 340.
Under-the-hood waiver "will help communities that are short on school bus drivers," and "by allowing states to focus on the testing requirements that are critical to safety, we will get additional, qualified drivers behind the wheel to get kids to school safely," U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
Dozens of Florida school districts have already closed as Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a major storm, and now systems in Georgia and South Carolina are shutting down.
