Recruitment & Hiring
Learn more about efforts to attract school and district staff and choose the best candidate for the job
The State of Teaching
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
Teaching Profession
Lawmaker's Retirement to Open K-12 Leadership Void
U.S. Rep. George Miller, leaving Congress after four decades, helped push through game-changing legislation, including the No Child Left Behind Act.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
PISA 2012: Global Lessons on Prioritizing
Guest blogger, Naima Khandaker, explores the 2012 PISA results and dives into how high-performing systems are prioritizing their resources in order to be successful.
Recruitment & Retention
Companies Offer Big Data Tools to Predict Teacher Candidates' Impact
Two companies have launched new algorithm-based screening tools they believe can predict the impact teacher candidates will have on student performance.
School & District Management
Hawaii Principal Makes Most of Race to Top Aid
At Keaau High School on Hawaii's "Big Island," the principal utilized federal Race to the Top money to help turn around a low-performing school.
School & District Management
Building a Bench of Strong Principals: What Would It Take?
Too few educators aspire to the principalship, says Bain & Co., in a new report that lays out some strategies for fixing that problem.
School & District Management
IES' Next Challenge: Finding New Statistics Chief
Sean P. "Jack" Buckley's departure opens up a tough-to-fill hole for the Institute of Education Sciences, an agency that has had several long vacancies.
Student Well-Being & Movement
K-12, Colleges Swept Up in Health-Care Debate
Concerns about the potential cost of providing support staff and hourly employees with health coverage came up at a congressional hearing on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Federal
Ed. Department, Gates Plans for Teachers Converge
Observers see considerable alignment between the teacher-quality agendas of the private foundation and the federal agency. In fact, several top department officials came from the philanthropy.
Teaching Profession
D.C. Teachers Improved After Overhaul of Evaluations, Pay
The closely-watched system for evaluating teachers and providing bonus pay in the District of Columbia appears to be motivating weak and strong educators alike to higher performance.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Health-Care Law Poses Challenges for Districts
School districts are facing vexing financial and operational questions about how they will comply with the Affordable Care Act, which is leading some school systems to cut employees' work hours.
Federal
Shutdown Leaves Hollow Staffing at Ed. Dept.
With the federal government shuttered and 4,000 Education Department workers sidelined, few are on hand to answer phones or help those with technical questions.
School & District Management
Talented Chief Tech Officers Hard to Find for K-12
Many school district leaders themselves lack an understanding of how a smart CIO or CTO can help transform their schools, experts point out.
School & District Management
GOP Delivers on Activist K-12 Agenda in N.C.
School choice and an end to teacher tenure are among the actions fueling protests in North Carolina, where Republicans control the legislature and governorship.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
8 Ways Talent Managers Can Support Volunteer-Service
In my last post, I shared results from the UnitedHealth report, Doing Good is Good For You: 2013 Health and Volunteering Study, which revealed some important connections between volunteerism and personal and professional success. Volunteerism can also be a powerful tool for K-12 Talent Managers in selecting, developing, and retaining staff. Based on my experience as an HR professional and leader of a nonprofit organization for more than 20 years, here are eight ways talent managers can use volunteer-service to strengthen their organizations.