Pennsylvania moves to expand education funding statewide

eSchool News Read More ​ Key points: District communications platforms can have a transformative impact on school outreach 6 tips for communicating with emergent bilingual families Your top 5 school-home communication challenges, solved For more news on communications, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub In an increasingly interconnected world, it’s more important than ever to have…

District Administration Read More ​ It was two days before the start of the school year, and Lauren Koehler shrugged off her backpack and slid out of a maroon hoodie as she approached the blocky, concrete building that houses the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Enrollment Center. Koehler, the center’s 38-year-old executive director, usually…

Education Next Read More ​ This is the third in a series on doing educational equity right. See the  introductory post and part two on school finance . If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising,…

Tech & Learning Read More ​We don’t know about you but this advice for teaching with Taylor Swift has us feeling 22  ​

Education Next Read More ​ I want to be optimistic about AI’s role in education. Smart friends like Michael Horn and John Bailey have explained that there are huge potential benefits. My inbox is pelted by PR flacks touting the “far-sighted” school leaders and foundation honchos who’ve “embraced” AI. Plus, with nearly half of high…

District Administration Read More ​ Superintendent Amy Carter couldn’t afford an instrument in high school, so she had to find another way into the band. She joined the flag corps and became its captain and got a band scholarship to Mississippi Valley State University. There, the band director inspired her to begin learning to play…