High schoolers are distracted. Their grades don't show it

By Micah Ward

How one superintendent tells her story before others do

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DA 100 2026-27

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Leadership

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The new reasons kids are skipping school

Here is where U.S. teachers rank in relative pay

Why modern superintendents must master civic leadership

Education and Technology

Anthropic agrees to strict AI privacy rules in schools

Google restricts its search engine from schools banning AI

How one district is setting guardrails around AI innovation

E-Rate cuts could trigger billions in economic losses

Teaching and Learning

How today's AP courses are impacting college admissions

Your state's top elementary and middle schools, ranked

The trades need workers. Schools need a plan

A whole new high school experience is taking shape

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