When Superintendent Scott Muri took the helm at Ector County ISD in 2019, it had an 18% teacher vacancy rate and was one of the lowest-performing districts in the state. Now, its teachers can make up to $100,000 a year.
The growing popularity of education savings accounts is raising the specter for K12 leaders that the school choice movement could siphon more funds away from the public education system.
"Increased exposure to same-race teachers is associated with improved course grades, attendance, grit and self-management, and the likelihood of being selected for gifted-and-talented programs," FutureEd's report says.
Superintendent Steven Connolly of MSAD 75 in Maine is stepping down, citing "divisions that exist based on political, personal, and ideological beliefs."
Superintendents and their teams are finding success with strategies deployed to reverse the staff shortages exacerbated by the turbulence of the past few years.
The most recent NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) results found the largest decline in reading performance in 30 years. The gap that has always existed between top- and low-performing students has grown starkly wider, putting the most at-risk students in an even worse position. The need for effective literacy instruction is more urgent than […]
Keeping students actively engaged throughout all stages of their literacy journey is vital to effective reading instruction, but many educators struggle to maintain this critical connection. In this video interview, director of professional learning Cheryl Lundy Swift talks with accomplished educator, consultant, and professor of education Dr. Nancy Akhavan about how to embed reading with […]
We're likely to miss the root causes of drops in test scores and other issues because we don't often collect 'warm data' about how our students are feeling.
While experience is important, a district's mission to honor diversity and effectiveness is often contradicted by its reliance on seniority when it comes to teacher layoffs.
