The event comes more than a year after the May 2022 mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, with building planners honoring the victims through its schematic designs, including a tree at its center.
Several school boards are filling a seemingly continuous string of vacancies with first-time superintendents. Many of the new leaders, moreover, are female.
What’s happening at Columbus East Elementary near Chicago is one of the rare efforts nationally to give students more instructional time in an attempt to make up for what they lost during the pandemic.
Our comprehensive approach is based on being open to change and includes giving teachers access to engaging software, student data, coaches, consultants, PD—and, most importantly, more time to teach.
The Howell school district in Monmouth County is slated to transform two elementary schools into “early childhood learning centers” exclusively for pre-K students. Officials also plan to expand the grade levels at eight of the district’s other elementary schools.
Melissa Brady, Delaware's national distinguished principal, views her students as more than scholars—they are leaders in her elementary school now and in the community of the future.
"We do not want our children subjected to substandard learning," Houston Federation of Teachers President Jackie Anderson said at Friday's protest outside the district's headquarters.
"The first one I did was Backstreet Boys. Instead of 'Tell me why,' it was count by nine," Connolly said. "And then we did 'Anti-Hero' by Taylor Swift, and she liked it herself. And then ever since then, we've had over 100 million views now with all these different videos."
A shallower-than-expected pool of just 10 applicants drove Duval County Public Schools to pause its search for a new superintendent last week, with a consultant citing politics as a key factor.
