Districts are awash in COVID relief funding but the inflation fueled by the pandemic means the power of teacher salaries has declined over the past 10 years.
During a time of staff shortages, some of the things teachers want can be achieved by district leaders. But they also have requests that require political activism.
The?facilities department at Dallas ISD?had built up a reputation for poor service over the years. It consistently ranked near the bottom on the district's annual culture surveys.
Regularly filling in as a substitute has given Terrell ISD Superintendent Georgeanne Warnock some critical perspectives on the big picture and the small details.
Attitudes around the virus in schools appear to have undergone a dramatic change in the past three months. In interviews or in messages, administrators described school communities that were no longer preoccupied with Covid-19.
Despite chronic disparities in home internet access, IT leaders are steadily modernizing district networks with faster speeds and data interoperability. But staffing shortages may be on the horizon.
Nathan Roberts is a substitute, but unlike the other subs–many of them parent volunteers or people looking for a little extra work–he’s a full-time, salaried employee with health benefits and a long-term contract.
A message to K-12 leaders who are worried about sharing a shrinking pool of teachers with other districts: some states and school systems are giving out historic salary increases.
