School mascots that community members find offensive are being replaced. However, some school board members are choosing to stick with problematic mascots—even staking their political lives on the nicknames.
Creating a classroom climate where it is OK to make mistakes and that encourages students to take risks is key, says DA guest columnist and FETC featured speaker Matthew X. Joseph, who is director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Leicester Public Schools in Massachusetts.
More K-12 leaders are choosing to install facial recognition in schools despite public opposition and research that casts doubt on the technology's effectiveness.
With the ever-growing complexities of state and federal regulations, and expansions of legal needs and special ed cases, district leaders need to consider multiple factors to find the specialists necessary for proper representation and counsel.
Emotional disturbance is arguably the most subjective IDEA category and one of the most difficult to assess. Because the category is so subjective, school districts often struggle with how to identify and evaluate students with an emotional disturbance, which can result in overidentification of certain students, and a lack of services for those students who […]
Although tighter school budgets have resulted in a shortage of school nurses, research shows that having them on staff actually saves money in the long run.
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.
