District Dossier
The District Dossier blog explored issues behind leading and managing the nation’s schools and school districts and provided analysis of trends, controversies, and good ideas in school and district leadership. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: school & district management, district leadership, and school leadership.
School & District Management
Ex-Baltimore County Schools CEO Indicted on Perjury Charges
A grand jury handed down a four-count perjury indictment against S. Dallas Dance, including charges that he lied about his work with two school consulting firms that have been ensnared in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme.
School & District Management
Rural Schools Often Ignored in Research and Policy Discussions
Rural schools struggle with high and lows more commonly associated with urban schools, including high rates of poverty, low literacy rates, and low college attendance rates, a new report finds.
School & District Management
ESSA and Principals: What States Are Pledging to Do for School Leaders
All states intend to invest in principals and other school leaders as part of their plans for complying with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, according to a new analysis by a school leadership group.
School & District Management
L.A. Unified Superintendent to Step Down Amid Cancer Fight
MIchelle King plans to retire by June 30, leaving a district she has led since 2016 and worked in more for than three decades.
Education
Districts Grapple With Closure Decisions In Wake of 'Bomb Cyclone' Storm
School systems from Florida to New England made decisions about delays and cancellations, often in coordination with outside agencies.
School & District Management
Insider or Newcomer? Who Will Lead the New York City Schools?
While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hints that he wants a school chief that will continue the work that current schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña began, there are school district advocates and observers who think he needs to bring aboard a leader who will take the district in another direction.
School & District Management
Report: New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to Step Down
New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña plans to announce her retirement Thursday, NBC New York reports, citing "city government sources."
School & District Management
Hurricane Recovery, Superintendent Severances, Principal Workloads: The Top District Dossier Posts of 2017
Readers also flocked to stories on school secession, corruption in the Chicago public schools, and districts honored for supporting and encouraging their teachers.
School & District Management
Finalists for 2018 National Superintendent of the Year Unveiled
The finalists were selected as winners in their individual states' contests for superintendent of the year. The national winner will be announced at AASA's annual conference in February in Nashville, Tenn.
Education
New York City Is Putting $8 Million Toward Anti-Bullying Efforts
New efforts to combat bullying and harassment in the 1 million-student system were announced after a fatal stabbing at a Bronx school by a student who said he had been bullied.
School & District Management
In Denver, the School Board Members Are All Women
Across the United States, women make up more than 40 percent of school board members, but research has shown that unless they are a supermajority, they don't comment or endorse motions as often as their male peers.
School & District Management
Chicago CEO Resigns Amid Ethics Probe; Veteran Educator Named Interim Chief
Janice Jackson, the chief education officer in Chicago, will ascend to the top job after CEO Forrest Claypool quit Friday. Jackson becomes the third chief of the city's schools in two years.
School & District Management
Missouri's Normandy District Sheds Its Unaccredited Status
The Normandy school district lost its accreditation in 2013, and the state took over the academically and financially challenged school system in 2014.
States
Commission Overseeing Philly Schools Votes to Disband. What Happens Next?
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to dissolve itself, the first step in ending 16 years of state control of the city's school system.