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Demystifying the role of the school board director

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They also support and evaluate the superintendent, who is their only employee. This helps boards avoid diverting their attention from strategic matters. That direction should align with the community’s desires as well as the needs of the students. The form this communication takes may vary by district.

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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

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School staff should use the summer break to pause and catch their breath, and re-evaluate how they approached distance learning this spring. This scenario requires all educators, support staff, students, parents, and caregivers to remain nimble in the likelihood that there are quick changes in the way learning is accessed.”

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Can Colleges Reach Beyond Campus to Foster ‘Digital Equity’ in Communities?

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Higher ed has been paying more attention to this idea since pandemic-era remote learning underscored students’ uneven access to computers and internet. Small, local governments struggle with this, even though the will is there, and sometimes the need is greatest there,” Mossberger said. “So

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An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry

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Larry Singer: I went to a college at the university called Johnston College, which had all narrative evaluations, and a negotiated class contract. It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. What were you thinking at that time?

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