Music and the performing arts helped Superintendent Amy Carter find her voice in high school. Now she is passing the gift on to her students in Mississippi's Meridian Public School District.
Superintendents and school boards are solidifying their spending plans as ESSER expires and other financial pressures mount, says Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University.
Superintendents believe AI can make teachers' jobs easier, improve educators' ability to meet students' special needs and accelerate learning across the board—as long as educators get more comprehensive training.
Most high school math curricula feature Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II but access to Advanced Placement courses is less common, especially in small and rural high schools and those in which a majority of the students live in poverty, new analysis reveals.
A few days after Joe Gothard was named the 2024 Superintendent of the Year, he announced last week that he was leaving St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota to return to lead his hometown district, the Madison Metropolitan School District in neighboring Wisconsin.
Challenges abound for Black students in Kalamazoo County—especially Black males. But three leaders — who all happen to be Black males, themselves—are working intentionally to create a future with equity.
Larger Oklahoma districts could get an extra $1 million in state funding under a new proposal while another measure would cover the costs of banning cellphones.
At a meeting to address ongoing violence at Brockton High School, Superintendent Michael Thomas, who went on medical leave before a $14 million budget shortfall was announced last year, rescinded his retirement notice; the school committee responded by placing him on paid administrative leave
In an era of high stress and turnover at the top, several leaders are sharing their strategies for remaining energized and in touch with the reasons they became educators.
