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Bringing you the must-read articles in K-12 education on some of the hottest topics, so you can improve your subject matter expertise quickly.

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High-Performing & Dedicated Team

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School & District Management From Our Research Center Principal Salaries: The Gap Between Expectation and Reality
Olina Banerji, May 20, 2024
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4 min read
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Teaching Profession Teachers’ Careers Go Through Phases. They Need Support in Each
Madeline Will, May 16, 2024
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5 min read
Photograph of an adult Black woman helping a female student with an assignment.
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Teacher Preparation These Preparation Programs Are Creating a 'Tutor to Teacher' Pipeline
Olina Banerji, May 14, 2024
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8 min read
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Efficient Operations/Budget & Finance

Parents take photos of their children during a Black History Month program at Stevenson Elementary School in Southfield, Mich., on Feb. 28, 2024.
Parents take photos of their children during a Black History Month program at Stevenson Elementary School in Southfield, Mich., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Families & the Community How a School Made Parents Central to Its Turnaround
Libby Stanford, April 25, 2024
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16 min read
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Teaching Profession An Unexpected Effect of Teacher Strikes on How Much Schools Spend
Mark Lieberman, April 19, 2024
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4 min read
A group protesting school safety in Laurel County, K.Y., on Feb. 21, 2018. In the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school, parents and educators are mobilizing to demand more school safety measures, including armed officers, security cameras, door locks, etc.
A group calls for additional school safety measures in Laurel County, Ky., on Feb. 21, 2018, following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 14 students and three staff members died. Districts have invested billions in personnel and physical security measures in the 25 years since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.
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School Climate & Safety 25 Years After Columbine, America Spends Billions to Prevent Shootings That Keep Happening
Mark Lieberman, April 18, 2024
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Parent & Community Engagement

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Assessment The State of Teaching Where Teachers Say the Pressure to Change Grades Comes From
Madeline Will, May 24, 2024
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4 min read
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Ed-Tech Policy When Schools Want to Ban Cellphones—But Parents Stand in the Way
Elizabeth Heubeck, May 21, 2024
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5 min read
This Oct. 4, 2018, photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with which they identify, rather than their sex assigned at birth.
This Oct. 4, 2018, photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. The court has declined to take up an appeal from parents in Maryland challenging a school district's policy on gender-support plans for students.
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Law & Courts Supreme Court Turns Down Case Challenging School District's Transgender Policies
Mark Walsh, May 20, 2024
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State-of-the-Art Facilities/Maintenance

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Budget & Finance Passing School Bonds Is Hard. Advice From 3 Superintendents Who Did It
Caitlynn Peetz, April 29, 2024
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8 min read
Concept of counting down days. Hand is marking out dates on monthly calendar.
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School & District Management It's Not Just Snow Days: How Can Districts Work Extreme Weather Into Their Calendars?
Caitlynn Peetz, March 7, 2024
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Prepare Students for Career & College in a Global Environment

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College & Workforce Readiness From Our Research Center Are Real-World Problem-Solving Skills Essential for Students?
Lauraine Langreo, May 29, 2024
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2 min read
Reagan Institute Summit on Education panelists discuss career-connected education at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024.
Reagan Institute Summit on Education panelists discuss career-connected education at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024.
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College & Workforce Readiness What’s More Important to Students and Employers: Skills or Credentials?
Annie Goldman, May 28, 2024
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4 min read
Karma Chea and Dela Zhao, both 12th graders at Thurgood Marshall, practices the use of a pipet at SFUSD Mission Bay Hub in Byers Hall of the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco on April 29, 2024. Chea was placed in a fellowship in the orthopedic oncology surgery program at UCSF under the sponsorship of Dr. Melissa Zimel. Zhao placed in a fellowship in the nephrology program at UCSF under the sponsorship of Dr. Delphine Tuot.
Seniors at Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in San Francisco practice the use of a pipette as part of a STEM initiative on April 29, 2024.
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College & Workforce Readiness The Motivational Power of STEM: This Program Connects Students to Potential Careers
Lauraine Langreo, May 28, 2024
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Diversity

A teacher helps students during a coding lesson at Sutton Middle School in Atlanta on Feb. 12, 2020.
A teacher helps students during a coding lesson at Sutton Middle School in Atlanta on Feb. 12, 2020.
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Recruitment & Retention How Effective Mentors Strengthen Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Ileana Najarro, March 25, 2024
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3 min read
Middle school history teachers discuss their lesson plans.
Middle school history teachers discuss their lesson plans.
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Recruitment & Retention The First Step to Hiring a Diverse School Staff: Believing It's Possible
Mark Lieberman, March 20, 2024
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3 min read
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Special Education What the Research Says One Group of Teachers Is Less Likely to Identify Black Students for Special Ed. Why That Matters
Sarah D. Sparks, March 6, 2024
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School Safety

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Privacy & Security Download A Tip Sheet to Help Teachers Prevent and Respond to Doxxing
Sarah D. Sparks & Laura Baker, May 24, 2024
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1 min read
School staff cheer as students returned to in-person classes at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, following a shooting on Oct. 24, 2022, that killed a student and a teacher. Kacy Shahid, then the school's principal, faced the challenge of guiding the school community through recovery as she struggled herself to process the events.
School staff cheer as students returned to in-person classes at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, following a shooting on Oct. 24, 2022, that killed a student and a teacher. Kacy Shahid, then the school's principal, faced the challenge of guiding the school community through recovery as she struggled herself to process the events.
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School Climate & Safety What Helped These K-12 Leaders After School Shootings
Caitlynn Peetz, May 16, 2024
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5 min read
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Teaching Profession Explainer What Is Doxxing, and How Can Educators Protect Their Privacy Online?
Sarah D. Sparks, May 9, 2024
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7 min read
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