DA Leadership Institute member Rick Surrency faces one challenge that many of his fellow superintendents don't: running for re-election every four years.
When the pandemic first struck, many child well-being advocates worried that the massive shift to remote school would spur an uptick in a troubling behavior: online bullying.
AFT leaders and union members are going door-to-door in dozens of communities to convince students to get vaccinated and return to in-person instruction.
COVID demonstrated that if educators pool our limited resources and focus on teaching and learning in a variety of models, we can achieve anything we set our minds to.
As district leaders moved quickly to follow the CDC's call to mandate masks this school year, officials in other states declared that families will choose whether students wear face coverings.
The agreement also gives teachers and auxiliary staff members hazard pay of up to $2,000, as well as another $2,000 if teachers need to work with students in a blended learning environment -- in-person learners coupled with online learners.
But Schools have yet to use technology to its full potential, say researchers who built a tool that lets educators share insights into how ed-tech works best.
