DA guest columnists Teresa Ketelsen and Beth Tarasawa identify three strategies for enrolling and retaining more students of color in AP programming, following successful efforts at Gresham-Barlow School District in Oregon.
Offering competitive salaries or developing a variety of income opportunities for instructional and noninstructional employees and job seekers sends a clear message: You're valued, needed and essential to our district's success, says DA HR columnist Carol Patton.
It's not enough to focus on student performance in school. Educators must measure students' soft skills and their ability to learn, say Joseph S. Renzulli and Sally M. Reis of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.
Since 2015, Superintendent Kathy Murphy has worked on several fronts—from school boundaries to AP enrollment to discipline—to convince a federal judge to a decades-old desegregation order on Hoover City Schools.
Schoolwide music instruction is having a big impact in raising test scores as K-12 leaders make the case for more robust programs in lower-income districts.
A new study finds that access to effective computer-adaptive learning software levels the playing field. That's why blended learning should be an integral part of any district plan, says DA guest columnist Victoria Locke.
Districts across the U.S. are starting to adopt farm to school programs that connect schools to locally grown foods, promote agriculture education and encourage student-tended gardens, following National Farm to School Month in October.
By promoting data dashboards and state report cards, districts can share information about key indicators, such as graduation rates and postsecondary readiness, with students and their families.
As more states and policymakers urge schools to expand computer science instruction, experts are examining the ramifications of how the subject is being integrated.
