The commissioner plans to replace each district's school board with a state-selected board of managers. A conservator will also be appointed, holding governing authority over district and campus leaders during the transition, which typically lasts several months.
As part of budget cuts and a shift away from the small-schools model, Cleveland's MC2STEM High School is being dissolved and converted into a STEM program housed at a high school in the city's poorest neighborhood.
Midland ISD's "Opportunity Culture" allows Dr. Stephanie Howard to extend the reach of highly effective teachers and embed coaching within small, empowered teams.
The answer starts with recognizing that our most powerful educational tool isn't technology. Rather, it's the one thing machines can never replicate: human curiosity.
Students in crisis move between schools, sometimes across town, sometimes across states. Too often, their records of behavioral concern or intervention do not move with them.
Shrinking budgets and rising tech demands mean districts must extend device lifecycles and streamline management to give students reliable, equitable access.
The Texas Education Agency is taking over the Fort Worth Independent School District—a district with more than 70,000 students—because a campus with just over 300 sixth graders repeatedly failed to meet state academic standards.
