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High-Performing & Dedicated Team

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Recruitment & Retention Q&A They Recruited 100,000 STEM Teachers. Now They’re Setting Their Sights Even Higher
Madeline Will, September 27, 2022
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8 min read
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Recruitment & Retention What to Say—and Do—to Recruit Top Talent for Your Schools
Elizabeth Heubeck, September 26, 2022
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6 min read
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Teaching Profession What Teachers of Color Say Will Actually Work to Diversify the Profession
Madeline Will, September 20, 2022
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Efficient Operations/Budget & Finance

Eric Parker teaches a class NW Classen High that has immigrant students and he has a flag representing each, which is a way to make them feel welcome, Tuesday, September 10, 2019.
Eric Parker, a teacher at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City, displays flags representing the countries some of his students come from in this September 2019 photo. It's a way to make immigrant students feel welcome.
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English-Language Learners Want to Support Immigrant Students? Get Creative With Funding
Ileana Najarro, September 27, 2022
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5 min read
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Budget & Finance District Leaders Want More Time to Spend ESSER Funds as Plans Go Astray
Mark Lieberman, September 16, 2022
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4 min read
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Budget & Finance What It Takes to Stay on Top of Improving School Facilities
Mark Lieberman, September 15, 2022
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Parent & Community Engagement

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Teaching Profession With New Grants, Teachers' Union Doubles Down on Partnerships With Parents
Madeline Will, September 29, 2022
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4 min read
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Law & Courts As Rhetoric Heats Up, Many Parents Fear Politicians Are Using Children As ‘Political Pawns’
Ileana Najarro, September 22, 2022
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3 min read
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School & District Management What Can Educators Do to Incite Lasting Change? Build Stronger Relationships
Lauraine Langreo, September 19, 2022
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State-of-the-Art Facilities/Maintenance

With only open windows and fans to cool the room down, students enter their non-air-conditioned classroom at Campbell High School in Ewa, Hawaii, on Aug. 3, 2015. Most of Hawaii's public schools don't have air conditioning, and record-high temperatures have left teachers and students saying they can't focus because of the heat. Hawaii lawmakers are saying it's time to cool Hawaii's public schools. A proposal being considered by the House Committee of Finance would fund air conditioning for Hawaii Department of Education schools and expedite the process to get cooling systems installed in classrooms.
Only open windows and fans cooled the room as students arrived at Campbell High School in Ewa, Hawaii, in August, 2015. Most of Hawaii's public schools don't have air conditioning, even as research shows that heat can depress student learning.
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Student Well-Being Explainer The School Year Is Getting Hotter. How Does Heat Affect Student Learning and Well-Being?
Madeline Will, September 26, 2022
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10 min read
A second grade student is given a COVID-19 rapid test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2022. As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread. They fear the return of a pandemic scourge: outbreaks that sideline large numbers of teachers, close school buildings and force students back into remote learning.
A 2nd grade student is given a COVID-19 rapid test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., in February. The Biden administration plans to send millions of COVID-19 tests to school districts over the 2022-23 school year as part of its COVID-19 response.
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Student Well-Being White House Outlines Key COVID-Prevention Strategies for This School Year
Libby Stanford, August 17, 2022
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4 min read
A section of a classroom door from Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is seen as Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw testifies at a Texas Senate hearing at the state capitol, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed in the mass shooting in Uvalde.
A section of a classroom door from Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is seen during a Texas Senate hearing on the deadly shooting there.
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School Climate & Safety 3 Reasons Many Schools Don't Have Classroom Doors That Lock From the Inside
Lauraine Langreo, August 8, 2022
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Prepare Students for Career & College in a Global Environment

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022.
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Law & Courts Affirmative Action Cases Lead What Could Prove Another Momentous Supreme Court Term
Mark Walsh, September 22, 2022
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7 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness What the Research Says Dual-Enrollment Programs Are Expanding. But Do They Reach the Students Who Need Them Most?
Sarah D. Sparks, September 12, 2022
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5 min read
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Mathematics Why Elite College Admissions May Play an Outsized Role in K-12 Math Programs
Sarah Schwartz, September 7, 2022
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Diversity

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Equity & Diversity Reported Essay The Key to More Equitable Schools? Deep Commitment
Ileana Najarro, September 6, 2022
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10 min read
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Equity & Diversity From Our Research Center Suburban Schools Saw Huge Drops in White Enrollment During the Pandemic
Benjamin Herold & Xinchun Chen, August 29, 2022
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5 min read
In this June 8, 2021 photo, with dark clouds overhead, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington.
The U.S. Supreme Court in October will hear arguments in a pair of cases about the consideration of race in college admissions.
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Law & Courts K-12 Groups Back Racial Diversity as Supreme Court Schedules Affirmative Action Arguments
Mark Walsh, August 3, 2022
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School Safety

A male police officer in a dark blue uniform walks between two white police SUVs parked in front of a three-story, red brick school building.
A police officer patrolled Glennwood Elementary School in Decatur, Ga., while the school was on lockdown in 2018.
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School Climate & Safety 'Swatting' Calls and Lockdowns: Tips for Schools to Ease the Anxiety and Disruption
Evie Blad, September 22, 2022
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4 min read
A bald man and a woman with long brown hair tearfully hug a teen girl who is wearing a pale beighe backpack. Three women look on with concerned expressions.
A family shares a tearful reunion after Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas, went into lockdown because of a false report of a shooting.
Kin Man Hui/The San Antonio Express-News via AP
School Climate & Safety 'Swatting' Hoaxes Disrupt Schools Across the Country. What Educators Need to Know
Evie Blad, September 21, 2022
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8 min read
The U.S. Department of Education urged schools to use federal funds to support the social, emotional, mental, and physical health needs of students in a "dear colleague" letter sent Sept. 15.
Third grader Alexis Kelliher points to her feelings while visiting a sensory room at Williams Elementary School in Topeka, Kan.
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School Climate & Safety How to Spend $1 Billion in School Safety Funds: Here's What the Feds Recommend
Libby Stanford, September 20, 2022
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