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High-Performing & Dedicated Team

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Art Cavazos
Art Cavazos, the former superintendent of Harlingen school district, said it's important to give potential successors the chance to build their skills and test their capabilities.
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Efficient Operations/Budget & Finance

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Parent & Community Engagement

Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 18, 2023. In Florida, some schools have covered or removed books under a new law that requires an evaluation of reading materials and for districts to publish a searchable list of books where individuals can then challenge specific titles.
Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 18, 2023. In Florida, some schools have covered or removed books under a new law that requires an evaluation of reading materials and for districts to publish a searchable list of books where individuals can then challenge specific titles.
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Michelangelo's marble statue of "David", is seen in Florence's Galleria dell' Accademia on May 24, 2004.
Michelangelo's marble statue of "David" is displayed in the Galleria dell' Accademia in Florence, Italy.
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State-of-the-Art Facilities/Maintenance

Students walk past an open vent for the aging HVAC system at Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 12, 2023. A litany of infrastructure issues at many of the school district's aging campuses make for tough choices on spending COVID recovery funds on infrastructure or academics.
Students walk past an open vent for the aging HVAC system at Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 12, 2023. A litany of infrastructure issues at many of the school district's aging campuses make for tough choices on spending COVID recovery funds on infrastructure or academics.
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Freshmen at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Va., eat lunch outside in the Senior Courtyard on March 1, 2023. The high school has three courtyards where students can access the outdoors during the day.
Freshmen at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Va., eat lunch outside in the Senior Courtyard on March 1, 2023. The high school was highlighted in Claire Latané's book <i>Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind</i> for its abundance of outdoor spaces.
Jaclyn Borowski/Education Week
Drinking fountains are marked "Do Not Drink Until Further Notice" at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich. on May 4, 2016.
Drinking fountains are marked "Do Not Drink Until Further Notice" at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich. on May 4, 2016.
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Prepare Students for Career & College in a Global Environment

Students attend a robotic class at Mineola High School in Mineola, New York, March 13, 2023.
Students attend a robotics class at Mineola High School in Mineola, N.Y., on March 13, 2023.
Mostafa Bassim for Education Week
Jared Ebersole teaches students how to build a skateboard at Synergy at Mineola High School in Mineola, N.Y., March 13, 2023.
Local entrepreneur Jared Ebersole teaches students how to build skateboards in the Synergy program at Mineola High School in Mineola, N.Y., on March 13, 2023. The skateboard lessons teach students physics concepts.
Mostafa Bassim for Education Week
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Future of Work ChatGPT Is All the Rage. But Teens Have Qualms About AI
Arianna Prothero, March 23, 2023
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Diversity

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Reading & Literacy Over 300 Picture Books Were Banned Last School Year
Eesha Pendharkar, February 21, 2023
3 min read
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School Safety

Emergency personnel remove police tape outside East High School after a school shooting, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver.
Emergency personnel remove police tape outside East High School after a school shooting, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver.
Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP
Families of the Uvalde victims silently protest Senate inaction and mass shootings following the six-month anniversary of the Robb Elementary School massacre on Dec. 06, 2022 in Washington.
Congress passed the sweeping Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June 2022 after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Nine months later, only one state has awarded funds from a grant program in the legislation that set aside $1 billion to support student safety and mental health. Here families of the Uvalde shooting victims silently protest at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 6, 2022.
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Families leave a reunification site in Nashville, Tenn., on March 27, 2023, after a shooting at Covenant School in Nashville.
Families leave a reunification site in Nashville, Tenn., on March 27, 2023, after a shooting at The Covenant School.
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