Over the last decade, teacher compensation has steadily improved in states across the country. Yet, when salaries are adjusted for inflation, educators lose tremendous spending power.
If your teachers are isolating from colleagues or expressing sentiments like "just tell me what you want me to do" and "it doesn't matter," you have a de-professionalization problem.
The legislation would require bullet-resistant doors and windows for all first-floor entryways and bullet-resistant glass "for each exterior window large enough for an intruder to enter." The state Classroom Trust Fund would pay for the installations starting in the 2024-25 school year.
Eight states require students to take one semester of a personal finance course, and 10 more will soon join this effort. Until then, only 23.6% of students are required to receive finance education.
The proposed legislation to keep kids in class year-round would result in a pilot program to determine how participating districts handle issues such as transportation, budgeting and parent engagement.
"We will have to make tough choices. Our resources must match our revenue," Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones said in a message to the community.
School closures may be necessary for some districts that continue to overspend without producing meaningful outcomes, said Director of Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab Marguerite Roza in a webinar Wednesday.
House Republicans launch investigation into how districts used COVID relief funds on anti-bias training, environmental literacy, LGBTQ+ cultural competency, and other elements of what they call a "left-wing agenda."
Student mental health and teacher shortages are major roadblocks to academic recovery that schools cannot overcome without support—and long-term funding—from the nation's leaders, a budding coalition of Black and Latino superintendents told District Administration as they marched toward the U.S. Capitol.
Many superintendents and their teams are now facing the challenge of talking about layoffs, the elimination of programs and other spending shocks as the ESSER deadline approaches.
