A skyrocketing number of Compton USD graduates are majoring in STEAM fields since Superintendent Darin Brawley made coding, robotics and esports key pillars of K12 instruction.

For district leaders, the implications are clear: remain engaged with your communities, foster transparency in decision-making and align initiatives with public values.

Applying to college was always the plan for AnDrue Perkins of Fairfield, but you know how it is. Things get in the way, like playing point guard in a winning basketball season. Fortunately for Perkins, he lives in the new era of “direct admissions.” So even though he never applied to college, the perfect college still found him.