1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (269+ words) Explore what keeps substitutes coming back and hear how one district rebuilt its substitute hiring process and improved its fill rate. Hiring, Retention, and Fill Rates: A Data-Driven Sub Strategy A teacher calls out but no substitute picks up the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (407+ words) Ensuring teachers feel effective and happy in the school community is critical—especially when it’s the only community for miles around. That’s the case in Alaska’s largest rural school district, Lower Kuskokwim, which educates 4,100 K-12 students spread across an area…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (917+ words) One of the country’s most prominent organizations promoting social-emotional learning has a new leader. Joshua P. Starr is now the chief executive officer of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, or CASEL. Previously, Starr was the CEO of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1280+ words) It’s a Monday morning in May here, and an unexpected heat wave makes the city feel like July. But neither the temperature nor the time of year has pushed this class of 4th graders at Central Elementary STREAM Academy into the…...