News for Leaders

Students Are Physically Fighting. What Can Teachers Do? By Larry Ferlazzo , Ed Week, July 24, 2023
How Students Are Reacting to Book Bans in Their Schools; Eesha Pendharkar, Ed Week, June 28, 2023
Most Teachers Want Politicians to Stay Out of Their Classroom Decisionmaking; Sarah Schwartz, Ed Week, June 23, 2023
Proposition 28, a windfall for arts education, poses implementation challenges; Karen D’Souza, EdSource, June 22, 2023
COMMENTARY: Get smartphones out of K-12 classrooms; Heath Madom, EdSource, June 26, 2023
Schools Are ‘Focusing on the Wrong Things’ When It Comes to AI, Tech Leader Argues; Alyson Klein, Ed Week, June 22, 2023
National test scores plunge, with still no sign of pandemic recovery; Donna St. George, Washington Post, June 21, 2023
‘Fiscal cliff’ approaching for some districts in California as costs soar and enrollment falls; Carolyn Jones and Ali Tadayon, EdSource, June 20, 2023
5 Ways School Leaders Can Make Teachers Feel More Valued (Opinion); Sharif El-Mekki, Ed Week, June 20, 2023
What This Principal Learned the First Year on the Job; Denisa R. Superville, Ed Week, June 16, 2023
Gallup Asked U.S. Students to Grade Their Schools. Here’s the Report Card; Arianna Prothero. Ed Week, June 16, 2023
Legislature passes placeholder state budget, continues talks with Gov. Newsom; John Fensterwald, EdSource, June 16, 2023
After Historic Declines in Math Scores, Schools Look to Bolster Summer Programs to Help Kids Catch Up; Jo Napolitano, The74, June 15, 2023
Many California districts yet to spend federal Covid relief despite deep, widespread learning loss; John Fensterwald & Daniel J. Willis, EdSource, June 14, 2023
From CA to MA, What Teachers Unions Have Been Doing in Statehouses Nationwide; Mike Antonucci, The74, June 14, 2023
Schools in poorer neighborhoods struggle to keep teachers: How offering them more money and power might help; Joe Hong, CalMatters, June 13, 2023
Number of new California teacher credentials declines after seven years of increases; Diana Lambert, EdSource, June 8, 2023
Dear Students, Here’s Why I Quit: A Teacher’s Moving Letter Explains Her Decision; Elizabeth Heubeck, Ed Week, June 8, 2023
Principals, Here Are 4 Simple Tips to Communicate Better (Opinion); Alex Sponheim, Ed Week, June 6, 2023
Analysis: The promise of personalized learning never delivered. Today’s AI is different; John Bailey, LA School Report, June 5, 2023
Unions to vote to add 3 instruction days to LAUSD calendar next 2 years; City News Service, LA Daily News, June 3, 2023
Improving Literacy Scores by Rethinking the Master Schedule; Kristen Ham, Bill Morelan, eduTopia, June 2, 2023
What do students want after school? Mental health help, good food and a place to stay; Howard Blume, LA Times, June 2, 2023
New NCES Report Offers ‘Complicated Picture’ of Schools During the Pandemic; Kevin Mahnken, LA School Report, May 30, 2023
COVID’s ‘complicated picture’: Mental health worse, staffing tight, enrollment frozen at nation’s schools; Kevin Mahnken, LA School Report, May 30, 2023
These State and District Leaders Are Solving Teacher Shortages; Madeline Will, Ed Week, May 30, 2023
How to Recruit and Retain Bilingual Teachers and Men of Color; Alyson Klein, Ed Week, May 26, 2023
Ron DeSantis Is Running for President. What Will That Mean for K-12 Schools? Libby Stanford, Ed Week, May 24, 2023
Dear Administrators: Here Are 7 Things Teachers Want You to Know; Madeline Will, Ed Week, May 24, 2023
Carvalho cuts back popular elementary program for struggling students; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, May 22, 2023
Creating This New Position Could Save Schools Money. Here’s How; Mark Lieberman, Ed Week, May 19, 2023
Can update ease Medicaid billing for special education services? Kara Arundel, K-12 Dive, May 19, 2023
These Factors Are Linked to High Student Attendance. Does Your School Have Them?; Evie Blad, Ed Week, May 16, 2023
Gov. Newsom’s May revisions protect education priorities, cut $4.3 billion in one-time funding; John Fensterwald, EdSource, May 12, 2023
5 Ways Principals Can De-Stress Teachers’ Work Lives; Sarah D. Sparks & Debra Viadero, Ed Week, May 11, 2023
It’s Not Just About ChatGPT. Other AI Technologies Are Heading to Schools; Arianna Prothero, Ed Week, May 9, 2023
Teachers Need PD on Artificial Intelligence. What It Should Look Like: Lauraine Langreo, Ed Week, May 9, 2023
Opinion; What I Wish Somebody Had Told Me Before I Became a Principal; Dennis M. Williams Jr, Ed Week, May 9, 2023
Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough; Donna St. George, Washington Post, May 9, 2023
How Schools Are Getting Through This Hiring Season, Mary Hendrie, Ed Week, May 8, 2023
L.A. teachers union members overwhelmingly approve contract that will raise salaries 21%: Marissa Evans, Howard Blume, LA Times, May 8, 2023
Opinion: How to Become a Self-Aware School Leader; Tim Cusack, Ed Week, May 7, 2023
Can students help stop school violence before it starts? LA County leaders think so; John Orona, LA Daily News, May 5, 2023
Despite Their Promise, School Mental Health Screenings Face Resistance; Libby Stanford, Ed Week, May 04, 2023
Principals, Here Are 4 Ways to Show Your Appreciation for Teachers, Marina Whiteleather, Ed Week, May 04, 2023
How Self-Aware Are You as a Leader?; Peter DeWitt, Ed Week, May 02, 2023Majority of principals attribute teacher vacancies to lack of applicants; Naaz Modan, K-12 Dive, May 2, 2023
Historic, but incremental: Educators face two realities in LAUSD deal with UTLA; Will Callan, LA School Report, May 2, 2023
Most School and District Leaders Are Happy With Their Jobs, Survey Finds; Caitlynn Peetz, Ed Week, April 28, 2023
How schools can keep new teachers from burning out and quitting; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, April 27, 2023
Proposed California law would increase school teacher pay 50 percent by 2030; Clara Harter, Daily Breeze, April 26, 2023
Chromebooks’ ‘Short’ Lifespan Costs Schools Billions of Dollars, Report Finds; Lauraine Langreo, Ed Week, April 26, 2023
Banning suspensions and expulsions for ‘willful defiance’ is the wrong way to help students; Susan Shelley, Daily Breeze, April 25, 2023
4 Out of Every 10 Parents Own a Gun. What That Means for School and Student Safety, Arianna Prothero, EdWeek, April 25, 2023
Bill to avert quick firing of administrators, as in Orange Unified, moves ahead; John Fensterwald, EdSource, April 24, 2023
The Education Community Braced for Guidance on Student Discipline. It Never Came; Mark Keierleber,The74, April 20, 2023
Schools Are Major Targets of Cyberattacks. A Bipartisan Effort in Congress Aims to Help; Lauraine Langreo; EdWeek, April 20, 2023