Superintendent Renee Nugent: How to truly connect
The whiteboard in Superintendent Renee Nugent’s office at USD 409 Atchison Public Schools reflects one of her top priorities: her schedule of school and classroom visits.
STEAM ahead: How to empower a rising school district
A skyrocketing number of Compton USD graduates are majoring in STEAM fields since Superintendent Darin Brawley made coding, robotics and esports key pillars of K12 instruction.
New generation: How to embrace impactful change over surface adjustments
Surface-level adjustments might bring quick results. The new generation of education leaders must embrace and advocate for deeper change.
On the move: Districts are locking in new leaders
Nearly a dozen K12 districts chose new leaders over the past week, with many educators stepping into the superintendency for the first time.
Open books, stronger trust: Guiding districts through financial challenges
As positions are reduced and schools close, the community deserves to know how every dollar is spent and how priorities are being set.
How to give students power to make important decisions
The Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union on Vermont’s Canadian border took the extra step of letting high school students help craft its portrait of a graduate.”
On the move: Superintendent lands in new home, first-timers hired
Superintendents are steadily on the move this fall, with a wave of new hires and retirements rolling across the nation in recent weeks.
How this superintendent is passing bonds after years of failure
Guthrie Public Schools had failed on nine straight bond elections before Superintendent Mike Simpson arrived more than a decade ago. Simpson just passed his third straight bond since 2014, with nearly three-quarters of the vote.
Superintendents on the move: Hiring is picking up with new school year
Superintendent Zandra Jo Galván is moving from the Greenfield Union School District to the Salinas Union High School District in California.
Superintendents on the move: Retirements outpace new hires this week
There are several leadership vacancies out there but the latest round of superintendents on the move shows more retirements than new hires. Harrisburg School District is among the districts that picked a new leader in recent weeks. Benjamin Henry, now the regional assistant superintendent of Polk County Schools in Florida, takes the helm of the…