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LGBTQ+ inclusivity: How K12 leaders can find common ground for all students

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | October 18, 2023

Running a school or district with simultaneously very liberal and very conservative viewpoints on LGBTQ+ identities can seem like an impossible task.

Detroit district's transfer policy may be changed to reduce classroom disruption

October 18, 2023

Detroit school district officials are proposing to standardize the transfer process for students and families looking to switch between district schools during the school year.

Shawnee Mission’s Michelle Hubbard named Kansas Superintendent of the Year

Shawnee Mission Post | October 18, 2023

Kansas superintendents’ group recognized Hubbard’s prioritization of the district’s Market Value Assets program encouraging seniors to develop industry-valued skills that make for a smooth transition from school to the workplace or to higher education.

Facing opposition, MO school board will not adopt social-emotional learning standards

October 18, 2023

Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven said social-emotional learning standards have become divisive. "States are implementing SEL standards or they are forbidding them."

U.S. Department of Education officials visit Altamont Creek Elementary

Pleasanton Weekly | October 18, 2023

Livermore's Altamont Creek Elementary School was among the Bay Area campuses visited by top officials in school sustainability, environmental infrastructure, nutrition and school facilities from the U.S. and California departments of education.

This California school board president has 2 DUIs and cusses. And, no, he's not resigning

Los Angeles Times | October 18, 2023

Matthew Serafin, 31, was elected to the board of Val Verde Unified School District in 2016. He was arrested by Riverside County deputies Aug. 27 after he allegedly crashed into an unoccupied parked car

South Carolina teen elected first Black homecoming queen in school's 155 years of existence

USA Today | October 18, 2023

"There are less than 10 black people in my senior class," Amber Wilsondebriano said. " When we have our meetings, every black student in the school can fit in one classroom."

Cycling classes may help middle school students boost their mental health

NPR | October 18, 2023

Teaching middle schoolers bike riding skills as part of physical education classes may help improve their mental health, according to a new study that looked at the effects of a 6-8 week cycling class taught in schools across the U.S.

Briefing

7 questions: Why hiring teachers of color is personal for this principal

Matt Zalaznick | October 17, 2023

"I can count on one hand how many teachers of color taught me," Principal E. Rodney Walker says. "I never wanted any student under my care to experience this lack of connection."

Opinion

Tips on school communications for the stress of the 24/7 news cycle

Kara Stern | October 17, 2023

Even if teachers don't intend to discuss what's going on at home ands adults try to keep hard news from their children's ears, the pervasiveness of social media and 24/7 news cycles make it impossible to keep children from events that feel scary and incomprehensible.

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