Criticism has driven The College Board to overhaul a higher ed effort to consider the impact of neighborhood crime, high school quality, family income, property values and other factors as part of a student's SAT score.
Desert Sands USD Superintendent Scott Bailey draws on acting chops and farming background to drive district success. One of his guiding philosophies is to find ways to make his district stand out.
High school administrators say it's still too early to tell if the 3-year-old "SAT adversity score" will substantially expand college access for underrepresented students.
Increasingly, school districts are adopting new approaches to managing the replacement, recycling or refurbishing of outdated equipment. Administrators can follow five best practices to tackle the problem in a practical, sustainable way—while keeping long-term goals in mind.
As district leaders boost school lunch nutrition, today's cafeterias face stiff competition from home-prepared meals and, among high school students, food trucks and nearby eateries.
Student poverty rate increased only 2 percentage points after schools adopted a new lunch program for all, a Missouri study finds. Although the new data does overstate poverty within some schools, most schools that chose to participate in the new free-lunch-for-all program tended to have high levels of poverty to start with.
Many school districts have morphed from education centers into community centers, providing medical care, housing assistance, free meals and other social services.
Superintendent Michael Sander has closed his Ohio district's achievement gap by making kindergarten full-time, increasing reading scores, revamping summer school for at-risk students, and increasing parent interaction.
