"It's bad," is how an assistant high school principal in Tennessee characterizes the level of teacher turnover the nation is grappling with after more than two years of COVID.
While the safety of educators and students is a concern that plays a part in teacher recruiting and retention, several other factors related to teacher recruitment and compensation need to be addressed, experts say.
Small school districts are using dual language and raising students' aspirations as two strategies to better prepare graduates for college and careers.
Being economically challenged does not prevent students at IDEA McAllen College Prep from having access to the No. 1 most challenging curriculum in the U.S.
Here's why superintendent Dania Bazzi said she, her administrators and school board members sat in the back of the room and didn't speak during her multicultural district's strategic planning meetings.
The pandemic has altered the outlook of this year's high school seniors compared to what their pre-pandemic peers aspired to after graduation. The experience holds keys for K-12 educators as they help future graduates map out their plans.
I encourage you to keep teaching the curriculum, stop analyzing data by questions and standards, and start preparing students for the testing environment.
Regularly filling in as a substitute has given Terrell ISD Superintendent Georgeanne Warnock some critical perspectives on the big picture and the small details.
