Repairs that require software updates and wrenches compel career and technical education administrators to buy more expensive tools and technology. And in the coming years, the spread of those electric and self-driving cars will only put more pressure on educators to keep the curriculum and equipment current.

As cities across the country gentrify—and schools in those cities slowly begin to diversify—communities are struggling to ensure that all parents have an equal voice. Parent organizations have emerged as a striking, and consequential, example of the cultural, economic and language divides among families.

The tenuous nature of federal grants affecting vital services for children is not uncommon. Instead of passively accepting the void in federal leadership, cities such as Memphis are finding innovative ways to bring together the public, private and nonprofit sectors to finance and expand needed services for children.

The 2019 ESSA and IDEA Assessment and Accountability Rules Made Simple, from LRP Media Group, is a one-stop guide to federal assessment and accountability mandates and what they mean for school districts' day-to-day practices