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High-Performing & Dedicated Team

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Teaching Profession The State of Teaching This Is the Surprising Career Stage When Teachers Are Unhappiest
Madeline Will, April 17, 2024
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7 min read
The advisers of Baldwin County High School’s chapter of Future Teachers of Alabama pose with the seniors who are committed to a career in education in April 2024. From left to right, they are: Chantelle McPherson, Diona Davis, Molly Caruthers, Jameia Brooks, Whitney Jernigan, Derriana Bishop, Vickie Locke, and Misty Byrd.
The advisers of Baldwin County High School’s chapter of Future Teachers of Alabama pose with seniors who are committed to a career in education in April 2024. From left to right: Chantelle McPherson, Diona Davis, Molly Caruthers, Jameia Brooks, Whitney Jernigan, Derriana Bishop, Vickie Locke, and Misty Byrd.
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Recruitment & Retention Signing Ceremonies Honor Students Who Want to Be Teachers
Madeline Will, April 16, 2024
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7 min read
Facility and prospective applicants gather at William Penn School District's teachers job fair in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing for pay increases and bonuses for the beleaguered profession.
Facility and prospective applicants gather at William Penn School District's in-person teachers job fair in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023.
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Recruitment & Retention Why Your Next Teacher Job Fair Probably Won't Be Virtual
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 5, 2024
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Efficient Operations/Budget & Finance

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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9 min read
Hourglass and Benjamin Franklin portrait on one hundred dollar bill.
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Budget & Finance Spending ESSER Funds Will Come Down to the Wire for Some Districts. Here's Why
Mark Lieberman, April 5, 2024
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7 min read
Illustration of a graduation hat and mortar board on a stack of books being sawed around in a circle and about to fall through
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Budget & Finance Readers Sound Off as Districts Face Tough Budget Decisions: 'What Else Is New?'
Tanyon A. Duprey, March 29, 2024
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Parent & Community Engagement

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Teaching Student Apathy Is a Big Classroom Challenge, Teachers Say. Cellphones Aren’t Helping
Madeline Will, April 4, 2024
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6 min read
Photo from behind of a mother with her arms around her son and daughter who are both wearing school bookbags.
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Families & the Community Chronic Absenteeism Is a Crisis. Do Parents Get It?
Evie Blad, March 29, 2024
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3 min read
Student walking down the stairs at her school.
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Student Well-Being Parents Worried About Their Kids' Mental Health See the Fix in New Schooling Options
Arianna Prothero, February 22, 2024
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5 min read

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State-of-the-Art Facilities/Maintenance

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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5 min read
School Renovation in Washington Heights, Chicago
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School & District Management The Average U.S. School Building Dates Back to the End of the Vietnam War
Mark Lieberman, February 15, 2024
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4 min read
The solar panel array at Sheridan Elementary School in Sheridan, Ind., pictured on Aug. 24, 2017. School districts installing solar are trying to complete their project's before Dec. 31, ahead of changes in Indiana's net metering law.
The solar panel array at Sheridan Elementary School in Sheridan, Ind., pictured on Aug. 24, 2017. FEMA will now reimburse schools rebuilding from disasters for the cost of solar panels and other energy-efficient upgrades.
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School & District Management FEMA Will Pay Schools Affected By Disasters for Energy-Efficient Upgrades
Mark Lieberman, January 31, 2024
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Prepare Students for Career & College in a Global Environment

Collage of a woman in a wheelchair on a road leading to a large dollar sign. In the woman's hair is a ghosted photo of hands on a laptop.
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Special Education These Grants Could Help Students With Disabilities Access Jobs, Training
Alyson Klein, April 15, 2024
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3 min read
Student hanging on a tearing graduate cap tassel
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College & Workforce Readiness What the Research Says New Data Paint Bleak Picture of Students' Post High School Outcomes
Sarah D. Sparks, April 9, 2024
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2 min read
Bethel High School films a production of Fear the Fog at Fort Monroe on June 21, 2023.
Students from Bethel High School in Hampton, Va., film "Fear the Fog"<i> </i>at Virginia's Fort Monroe on June 21, 2023. Students wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film through a partnership between their district, Hampton City Schools, and two television actors that's designed to give them applied, entertainment industry experience.
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College & Workforce Readiness This East Coast District Brought a Hollywood-Quality Experience to Its Students
Caitlynn Peetz, March 26, 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
Full length side view of Black female instructor in mid 40s with hand on shoulder of a Black elementary boy as they stand in corridor and talk.
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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

Candles burn at a makeshift memorial near Columbine High School on April 27, 1999, for each of the of the 13 people killed during a shooting spree at the Littleton, Colo., school.
Candles burn at a makeshift memorial near Columbine High School on April 27, 1999, for each of the of the 13 people killed during a shooting spree at the Littleton, Colo., school.
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School Climate & Safety How Columbine Shaped 25 Years of School Safety
Evie Blad, April 17, 2024
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14 min read
Image of a school hallway with icons representing lockdowns, SRO, metal detectors.
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School Climate & Safety Most Teachers Worry a Shooting Could Happen at Their School
Evie Blad, April 11, 2024
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4 min read
Four roses are placed on a fence to honor Hana St. Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16, and Justin Shilling, 17, the four teens killed in last week's shooting, outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.
Four roses are placed on a fence outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., honor Hana St. Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16, and Justin Shilling, 17, the four teens killed in the Nov. 30, 2021, shooting at the school.
Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP
Law & Courts Oxford School Shooter's Parents Were Convicted. Holding District Liable Could Be Tougher
Mark Walsh, April 10, 2024
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