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3 weeks ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
DALILeadershipPeople to WatchBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:June 6, 2025 Share post:
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Customization is one way to create a close-knit culture in a larger, rapidly-growing district, Superintendent Jean Luna-Vedder says.
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3 weeks ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
LeadershipPeople to WatchBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:June 5, 2025 Share post:
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Brian Yearwood takes the helm of Kentucky’s largest district, Jefferson County Public Schools, for an initial four-year term starting July 1. Brian YearwoodYearwood previously served as superintendent of Missouri’s Columbia Public Schools, where he is credited with achieving a 16-point increase on the district’s annual state performance rating.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
LeadershipPeople to WatchBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 23, 2025 Share post:
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Busy school boards are locking in experienced and first-time superintendents as the 2025-26 school year approaches. Kristy Somerville-MidgetteSuperintendent Kristy Somerville-Midgette is taking the lead at Virginia’s Lynchburg City Schools after serving in the top spot at Brunswick County Public Schools since 2018.
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1 month ago | 
universitybusiness.com | Matt Zalaznick
At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture, rubber-tipped bullets and paintball casings. Nearby dorms have been razed to weedy fields. Two more dorms are set to close this summer. Frat houses and homes once filled with student renters are empty lots. City streets used to be so crowded during the semester that cars moved at a crawl. No more.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
LeadershipBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 27, 2025 Share post:
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Teacher recruitment and retention, strategic planning, and students’ emotional and academic well-being are the top priorities for the 2025-26 school years, according to a DA K12 leadership survey.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
Education TechnologySafety & WellnessBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 19, 2025 Share post:
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Here is one issue unifying Americans on all sides of the political fence: school cellphone bans. Just this spring, a wave of governors and legislatures—regardless of political leanings—are barring the devices throughout the school day as some districts have also taken action to eliminate technological distractions.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
DALILeadershipBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 13, 2025 Share post:
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Concordia Parish’s schools are not a neighbor to a lot of industry. Still, Superintendent Toyua Watson-Bacchus and her team are committed to providing all of the rural Louisiana district’s students with internships and other work-based learning opportunities.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
National newsBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 12, 2025 Share post:
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A growing number of red states have expanded their school voucher programs in recent years, a trend that is likely to only spike further amid a push led by President Donald Trump’s administration to return education “back to the states.”Conservative education activists have long lauded such programs as a way to give greater control to parents and families.
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1 month ago | 
districtadministration.com | Matt Zalaznick
People to WatchBy: Matt ZalaznickDate:May 12, 2025 Share post:
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Several school boards have looked within for their new superintendents, including some that hired graduates of their schools. Also in the latest week of hiring, a few leaders were tapped to take the helm in new districts. Superintendent Bret Heller is moving to the Thompson School District in Colorado from the School Town of Munster in Indiana.
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1 month ago | 
universitybusiness.com | Matt Zalaznick
Three college presidents acknowledged missteps in combatting campus antisemitism but outlined actions they are taking to support Jewish students during another tempestuous Congressional hearing on Wednesday. The Committee on Education and Workforce hearing took place amidst the Trump administration’s crackdown on the mistreatment of Jewish students since the 2023 Hamas terror attacks on Israel and the sometimes violent protests that ensued. The committee’s chairman, Republican Rep.
