"I have made it my personal mission to maximize our district resources and seek to grow our tax base for the future," says Jason Snodgrass of his efforts to help his community thrive.
Almost all after-school programs have reopened, but staffing shortages and related issues mean one in four are still not operating at the capacity they were prior to COVID.
Our K12 education system has been like a footprint hardened in concrete: durable and lasting but resistant to change despite prolonged exposure to nature's elements.
"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.
Central Oregon schools have had a difficult time retaining teachers, and the program run by George Fox University aims to rapidly train teachers to fill the need in rural schools. The university is hoping to gain permission from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission by late March to expand its program.
Texas should explore requiring schools to have at least one armed person on each campus, a Republican lawmaker said Tuesday. Some Republicans say hardening schools — through facility upgrades and arming staff — could be a solution to making schools safer after Uvalde.
Education advocacy groups have pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to modernize E-rate funding to better support districts as financially driven cybercriminals continue to target K12 schools.
Preparing kids to "fluidly change direction" toward future readiness means preparing them to switch jobs and pivot between careers—a crucial skill in today's world.
Online instruction is a way to utilize valuable, experienced teachers who have retired from classroom teaching, but still want to be connected to education
