New Albany School District Superintendent Lance Evans says they've hired someone to direct workforce development not for their teachers, but for students.

Whether it's negative self-perceptions about their own identity and capability in math or an intimidating shadow cast by "star" math students at school, it's common for students to doubt whether they belong in math class, let alone believe they can be successful in it.

While CFOs and federal programs directors have done a good job guiding districts through the last three years of budget tailoring, now it's time for superintendents, cabinet members and board members to take a longer-term, strategic approach to ensure that only the most effective strategies—those with the strongest (LOI)—are retained as resiliency is drained from the system.

Thinking big when it comes to climate and careers is one way educators can take the concerns teens have about their futures and turn them toward action and solutions.