Key points: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination against students and other individuals with disabilities, is far less visible than the Individuals with Disabilities Education…
Read more Mis-identifying “504-only” studentsKey points: With the end of federal COVID-19 emergency funding and the inherent volatility of state income tax revenues, California school districts are in an era of financial…
Read more Cutting costs without cutting cornersKey Points: When a school building fails, everything it supports comes to a halt. Learning stops. Families scramble. Community stability is shaken. And while fire drills and lockdown…
Read more What K-20 leaders should know about building resilient campusesAs K-12 schools prepare for 2026, edtech and innovation are no longer driven by novelty–it’s driven by necessity. District leaders are navigating tighter budgets, shifting enrollment, rising cybersecurity…
Read more 48 predictions about edtech, innovation, and–yes–AI in 2026eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #9 focuses on chronic absenteeism. Key points: The biggest problem in education is that kids aren’t…
Read more Chronic absenteeism could derail K-12 educationKey points: In today’s schools, whether K-12 or higher education, AI is powering smarter classrooms. There’s more personalized learning and faster administrative tasks. And students themselves are engaging…
Read more AI vs. identity fraud: 3 threats putting student safety at riskKey points: Creating consistency between classrooms and ensuring curriculum alignment school-wide can be challenging, even in the smallest of districts. Every educator teaches–and grades–differently based on their experience…
Read more A smarter path to standards-based success: How Superior Public Schools united curriculum and dataKey points: America’s special education system is facing a slow-motion collapse. Nearly 8 million students now receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), but the number of…
Read more Modernizing the special education workforce is a national imperativeKey points: In Greenwood 50, our story began with a challenge shared by many districts: too many tools, not enough connection. With more than 8,000 students across 15…
Read more From fragmented to family-first: Our district’s communication rebootKey points: When Collegedale Academy, a PreK–8 school outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, needed a new elementary building, we faced a choice that many school leaders eventually confront: repair an…
Read more How one school reimagined learning spaces–and what others can learnWhen districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but…
Read more From momentum to endurance: Scaling structured literacy with implementation scienceKey points: The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently warned of a surge in cyberattacks from “insider threats”–student hackers motivated by dares and challenges–leading to breaches across schools.…
Read more Resilient learning begins with Zero Trust and cyber preparednessKey points: School leaders are under constant pressure to stretch every dollar further, yet many districts are losing money in ways they may not even realize. The culprit? Outdated…
Read more How districts can avoid 4 hidden costs of outdated facilities systemsKey points: The education sector is making measurable progress in defending against ransomware, with fewer ransom payments, dramatically reduced costs, and faster recovery rates, according to the fifth…
Read more K-12 districts are fighting ransomware, but IT teams pay the priceKey points: Many of us remember the days when having a substitute teacher meant movie day–a wheeled video cart appeared, and the substitute teacher’s main goal was making…
Read more Rethinking substitute teacher preparationThis story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. At first, the question seemed simple: “Why do we go to school?” I had…
Read more I asked students why they go to school–this answer changed how I design campusesThis press release originally appeared online. Key points: Cybersecurity threats to K-12 schools are growing in frequency, sophistication, and cost, yet many school districts remain under-resourced and underprepared,…
Read more Districts eye proactive cyber threat protection as risks increaseKey points: When a long-serving superintendent departs, districts inherit more than a vacancy. They inherit emotion, legacy, and the uncertainty that comes with change. With superintendent tenure shrinking…
Read more Turning superintendent transitions into strength–not divisionAs the back-to-school season begins, educators and students alike are stepping into classrooms that look and feel increasingly different from just a few years ago. Technology is no…
Read more 26 insights about what back-to-school season has in storeKey points: By now, it’s no secret that phones are a problem in classrooms. A growing body of research and an even louder chorus of educators point to…
Read more Phones, devices, and the limits of control: Rethinking school device policies