There’s a 1990s-era salsa ad proclaiming that if it’s made in New York City, it can’t be good salsa. The actors suggest it’s because you can’t get “real ingredients” in the bustling metropolitan area. Students at the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) are...
Less than a month after the Oxford High School mass shooting in Michigan, school leaders, community members and parents are still grappling with how to respond to an increasing number of violent threats. The shooting itself raised questions of how it could happen...
Districts are shifting routes, adjusting bell schedules, working with public transit and rideshare companies, and more to get students in classrooms. Though school districts had to increase recruitment and retention efforts to address bus driver shortages long before...
There aren’t rows of desks in Iowa BIG—an XQ school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. No single teacher lectures from the front of the room. Instead, the whiteboard is blank and students gather around couches and in meeting spaces to talk about their expectations for the...
As COVID-19 persists amid other concerns, sharing leadership and maintaining self-care are among tips offered by principals and superintendents. Burnout isn’t a new concept for school leaders and staff, but prolonged uncertainty and intensity of the pandemic is...
Katie Navarra is an award-winning writer. She has been writing professionally, both on staff and as a freelancer, for nearly 20 years. Her expertise includes business development, equine, farming, education and landscaping.
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Katie Navarra is an award-winning writer. She has been writing professionally, both on staff and as a freelancer, for nearly 20 years. Her expertise includes business development, equine, farming, education and landscaping.
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