According to new data from the National Center on Education Statistics, public schools added 173,000 students and 159,000 employees in the 2022-23 school year, including 15,000 additional teachers.

Earlier this year, a "mid-year screening" found nearly half of HISD principals fell short of proficiency. Some 117 were warned to improve their performance or risk removal, though Superintendent Mike Miles emphasized he expected the "overwhelming majority" of campus leaders to return.

It's a sunny March afternoon at Winchester Village Elementary School in Indianapolis, and teacher Natasha Cummings is leading her class in a brand new lesson. It's the first time she's teaching it—and also likely the last.

New research shows how school leaders are faring with teacher shortages, political polarization, curriculum restrictions and their financial futures.