The Boise School District in Idaho has promoted Deputy Superintendent Lisa Roberts to serve as the district's first female leader. District elsewhere are also giving administrators their first shots at the superintendency.
Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety and loneliness. And it benefits school kids too. One elementary school in Florida is using a daily mindfulness program with great success.
"It's very hard for teachers or any human being to be responsible for the social-emotional health and wellbeing of another person without first attending to themselves," says Barbara Malkas, Massachusetts' 2024 Superintendent of the Year and a certified yoga instructor.
"Not Science Fairs!" is the title of Superintendent Elizabeth Alvarez's ringing endorsement of science fairs in a new book by Latino education leaders, "From STEM to STEAM: Latino Perspectives."
Some districts have embraced school choice and some see it as an existential threat. Either way, parents' interest in switching schools is growing substantially, according to a new National School Choice Awareness Foundation survey.
After AI, the science of reading may be the hottest topic in education. And the most important way to strengthen this research-backed practice is to develop teachers' literacy skills, a new report contends.
Banning cellphones to increase student engagement is about effective as making a nuclear power plant safer by upgrading the shed where workers park their bicycles, an edtech thought leader warns.
One of the biggest systems to pick a new leader is Yonkers Public Schools, the district on New York City's northern border. Anibal Soler, who has been the superintendent of Schenectady City Schools since 2021, will take the helm on May 1.
Staying connected with networks of other district leaders is key to Superintendent Joseph Macary's leadership philosophy at Vernon Public Schools in Connecticut.
