DA’s January edition will feature a look ahead at the trends shaping K12 education, and we’re looking for reader input. Weigh in on what you think will happen in: Curriculum and instruction PD Data-driven decision making Technology Student health and safety And more! Participate in our annual Look Ahead Survey. Tell us how your role […]

One month before the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, Turlock USD was still short five speech-language pathologists. The salary offered by the Central California district was high by area standards, but even so, the positions remained unfilled. In fact, no one had even applied. Alice Solis, Turlock’s director of special education, struggled to hire […]

A STEAM learning philosophy is just one of many trends that districts will incorporate more over the next five years, according to the latest New Media Consortium/CoSN Horizon Report, which annually tracks short- and long-term edtech trends that will affect districts. Makerspaces have emerged as the key conduit for STEAM because the “act of making” […]

More than a decade after Response-to-Intervention and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) took root on school campuses across the country, multi-tier strategies have become the standard for identifying and assisting struggling students. Yet, the way educators use these and similar systems continues to evolve. Educators now understand far more about the neuroscience of learning […]