Despite "unprecedented teacher shortages," Keith Miles and his team are focused on aligning the curriculum with students' college-and-career aspirations in brand-new buildings.
"Who was I to think that I could tell them what they needed or wanted in their own community?" says Dr. Margaret Crespo, superintendent of Laramie County School District-1 in Wyoming. Using this mindset, she now has a living, adaptable strategic plan.
"Transformation in education is happening, which is almost a counter-narrative to what we hear," says Amy Dujon, director of the District Administration Leadership Institute and co-author of a new report, "Exploring New Frontiers For K-12 Systems Transformation."
Leaders and their teams are about to get a big boost in their efforts to create new career pathways and expand their students' access to high-quality training programs.
District Administration's latest "superintendents to watch" are striving to uplift their students, staff and communities through fairness, engaging instruction and more fun.
