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One lesson from HISD’s massive bond failure: Don't ignore community engagement.
“You don't listen to us.” Voting against the $4.4 billion proposal became an opportunity for many in the community to express distrust of Houston Superintendent Mike Miles’ aggressive reforms and gruff leadership style.
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School closures are way down, but delaying these hard choices makes things worse
Four ways to use AI to support a human approach to literacy instruction
Survey: For most parents, grades have lost ground as measure of student progress
Lessons from Black Friday for the effective use of edtech
Philadelphia students show marginal gains on standardized tests
Missouri school districts show improvement in annual performance report
Women Leading Ed Announces 2025 Summit
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Walking through Paris can provide inspiration for educators
Big-city districts are beset by financial dysfunction — and kids pay the price
More from DATIA K12
College and Career Readiness
How K12 leaders are modernizing career and technical education
Updated CTE programs emphasize soft skills, adaptability, and interdisciplinary learning in addition to job training.
Partner Insights
2024 Report: AI in K12 Education
Magma Math
A new study conducted by DATIA K12 asked educators about their current use of AI in schools, their most common challenges, and how they believe AI could transform teaching and learning in the future.
Op-ed
Why teachers don’t use the high-quality instructional materials they’re given
Educators don’t believe their students can manage the rigor of grade-level instruction, and they're not wrong. Here is what can be done about it.
Op-ed
Walking through Paris can provide inspiration for educators
Learning should be less rigid and more like exploring a beautiful city.
Policy and Legislation
Illinois’ 2024 report card is out: SAT scores are down, but high school grad rates are up
Chalkbeat Chicago
The state's public school students in grades 3-8 have seen reading scores exceed pre-pandemic levels, but math is still lagging.
Op-ed
Big-city districts are beset by financial dysfunction — and kids pay the price
The 74
Students need adults to figure this out with strong district leadership, state guidance and brutal honesty about what's really going on.
Policy and Legislation
On Election Day, school finance proposals were also on the ballot
Significant bonds and levies pass, or are projected to pass, in Los Angeles, Denver and Cleveland, while Houston ISD’s massive bond was rejected by a wide margin.
Policy and Legislation
Center for American Progress calls for improving future readiness, modernizing facilities, and creating AI policies in K12
The CAP's four-chapter policy blueprint provides key recommendations for strengthening the U.S. education system at all levels.
Research
2024 Report: AI in K12 Education
A new study conducted by DATIA K12 asked educators about current uses of artificial intelligence in schools, the most common challenges, and their views on the potential of AI to transform teaching and learning.
Research
EdTrust releases tool to help district leaders evaluate quality of social-emotional learning assessments
The education policy and advocacy organization analyzed 11 assessments commonly used to measure student wellbeing and social and emotional needs, and offers advice and guiding questions for education leaders to consider during implementation.
Op-ed
Most district leaders hate building, selecting and managing employee benefit plans. Maybe there’s a better way.
This simple process can remove the pressure and politics from the equation and improve outcomes for everyone.
Leadership
Rebuilding after Helene and Milton: Educators share experiences from previous disasters
Chalkbeat
School communities need to address physical, emotional, and mental health of students, teachers, and staff, both in the immediate aftermath and for the long term.
Literacy/Reading/Language Arts
How Tennessee’s largest school system is stepping up its literacy work
Chalkbeat Tennessee
Superintendent Marie Feagins is embracing a “back to basics” approach to reading instruction as Memphis-Shelby County Schools seeks to improve student test results that rank near the bottom statewide and nationally.
