Classroom Workforce
The Substitute Shortage in 2024 (in Charts)
Staffing gaps reshaped nearly every district calendar this year. Here is the data that explains where the gaps landed, and who absorbed them.
School & District OperationsQ&A
Riding the Morning Bus Route, One Superintendent Rethinks How Her District Starts the Day
A superintendent published a week of route logs after driving a middle-school bus herself during a driver shortage that has run since February.
School Finance
More State Aid Is Arriving. Districts Have Eleven Months to Spend It.
The new formula sends the largest increases to rural systems, and the deadline lands squarely in the middle of next year's hiring season.
TeachingCommentary
What Principals Say Is—and Isn't—Working in Year Three of Tutoring
For principals, small-group scheduling and paid tutor planning time are working, while vendor-run pull-outs during core instruction are not.
Equity & AccessVideo
Why Multilingual Families on Budget Committees Matter and How Districts Recruit Them
Budget votes shape every classroom. A look at what changes when multilingual parents hold seats, and how three districts found them.
Student Support
‘There Is No Clean Answer’: Why Screening Attendance Alerts Is So Hard
When software flags a student, it is counselors and front-office staff who decide what happens in the next hour, usually without a script.