Ideas are emerging for fall 2020 as school leaders foresee blending in-person and online learning for different groups of students on alternating days and in the evenings.
DA guest columnist Susan Riley shares how teachers can integrate STEAM with curriculum and administrators can add it to professional development while working in an online learning environment.
Government, telecom companies, the business community and school districts must work together to overcome significant obstacles, says Lenny Schad, chief information and innovation officer of District Administration, and former CIO for Houston ISD.
From supporting educators and vetting online resources to providing broadband for students, North Dakota State Superintendent and DA guest columnist Kirsten Baesler shares her state's story—including how leaders and families are working together to strengthen the home-school connection.
In celebration of Earth Day, DA guest columnist Anisa Heming addresses how to ensure a new green school supports student learning, protects student and teacher health, and cuts down operating and utility costs. She directs the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.
A new DA survey reveals areas where all allocated dollars may not be spent because of school closures, and how next year's budget may be impacted by the pandemic.
Superintendents will likely need budget funds to extend school days and school years to make up for learning time lost to the coronavirus closures, a former longtime education CFO says.
To help teachers succeed now, administrators need to reestablish relationships, develop work schedules and set expectations, says DA guest columnist and FETC featured speaker Matthew X. Joseph, who is director of curriculum, instruction and assessment for Leicester Public Schools.
To comply with human resources deadlines, district leaders need to act now even without budgetary guidelines from state legislatures—but strategically and carefully.
