According to a district email sent to teachers, the retention stipend was a recruitment tool meant for newly hired staff who agreed to be assigned to hard-to-staff positions. The email from the Chief Human Capital Officer said a processing error led to the bonus also going to returning employees.

Three of the state's largest school districts to start the year with new leaders. At Salem-Keizer, Andrea Castañeda plans to focus on community engagement, relationships with school board members, teaching, and school operations.

Superintendent hires are continuing at a rapid clip so far this summer, while one leader has made an unexpected career move and yet another's tenure came to an abrupt end.

During the Education Department's probe of the high school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, it was discovered that multiple teachers repeatedly used incorrect pronouns when referring to the harassed nonbinary student.