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Philly schools moved 50 teachers weeks into the school year because of ‘leveling’

Reassigning teachers based on enrollment, the superintendent wrote, was necessary “in order to serve our students equitably.” Telling her students she was leaving Martin Luther King High School was one of the most difficult conversations she’s ever had, said Karlynne Staten. The move wasn’t by choice. Staten, a special education case manager, had been informed […]

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Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage

Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers. As states lower the certification standards to become a teacher, education experts worry these tactics could delay students’ recovery from pandemic learning loss. Packed

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What Teacher Turnover Means for the Upcoming School Year

Districts serving large numbers of students of color and families in poverty are losing the highest number of educators. For many educators, the 2022-2023 school year was harder than the pandemic years. Sharif El-Mekki, founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development, recalled a recent conversation with a principal describing the challenges. “Every time

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Five ways the Philadelphia School District could collect better data about struggling schools

Without reliable data, it is impossible to make systemic changes. Last month, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. released the new district plan intending to make Philadelphia the fastest-achieving school district in the nation. His first priority is to improve safety and well-being — including both environmental hazards and community violence. Making decisions based on data

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My school district switched to a 4-day school week. It’s been a game changer for teachers, who were previously leaving our schools in droves.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gregg Klinginsmith, the superintendent of Warren County R-III School District in Warrenton, Missouri, about his experience overseeing the district’s switch from a five-day school week to a four-day school week in 2019. The following has been edited for length and clarity. We’ve elected to develop our

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A District’s Long-Term Investment in Cultivating Future Teachers Is Paying Off

While schools across the country struggle to fill vacant teaching positions, one Texas district is capitalizing on groundwork it laid in 2019 that has led to a near-zero vacancy rate. When Ector County Superintendent Scott Muri took over the 33,500-student district in the summer of 2019, there were 356 teaching vacancies—the equivalent of 18 percent

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We need a new school of thought about charter schools

When friends suggested I include charter schools among the places to visit during my recent trip to see innovative learning models in New York City, I was skeptical. I was focused mostly on spotlighting microschools, learning pods, hybrid homeschools and similar experimental programs created by entrepreneurial parents and teachers who are reimagining K-12 education in

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