Texas state govt recently made some big, positive investments in teachers & evidence-based programs—but we also must ensure all taxpayer dollars going to our public schools are focused on teaching & learning; not fighting ideologically-driven, often manufactured culture wars that

School boards are a key site of educational policymaking. Learn more about the role of school boards and the debates surrounding them in James Bridgeforth and @ImRachelWhite's AEFP Live Handbook chapter: https://t.co/fbdDqYmALn

What keeps teachers in schools? 🏫 New research shows supportive working conditions—esp. strong leadership—boost satisfaction & retention, while unsupportive ones fuel attrition. Read more 👇 https://t.co/UFxBbE42e4 #TeacherRetention #EdPolicy @ImRachelWhite

Extrapolating from study data, Texans spent a staggering $112 million last year to manage culturally divisive conflicts in schools — money that should go toward supporting students and teachers, @ImRachelWhite writes in @statesman: https://t.co/Orvt2iSSW5

🚨 Check out our new mixed methods study in Educational Review: "Conditions for continuity: how school working conditions shape teacher retention and job satisfaction" As we were designing this study, we noticed that surveys often provided insight into specific teacher working

So proud of recent @UTKnoxville doc program grad on the publication of her timely, important op-ed @EdWeekOpinion 🤓🔥— especially relevant here in Texas as communities continue to recover from devastating flood https://t.co/uTqTR4vHmH

Since 2019-20, Memphis-Shelby County (TN) public schools has had four different superintendents -- Joris Ray, Toni Williams (interim), Marie Feagins, & now Roderick Richmond (interim). @ldtestino @DailyMemphian is truly one of the very best education journalists that I have

As large ticket $ items of public dollars, superintendent compensation and contract buyouts often generate public scrutiny. However, several factors deserve consideration by journalists, school boards, and advocacy organizations interested in this topic. Grateful for the

Stellar new piece summarizing the latest @AASAHQ Salary & Benefits survey covering superintendent demographics, salaries, experience, etc. by @educationweek newsroom interim @JIgbonoba 🤓🔥 https://t.co/mrcBgj8ArS

This is perhaps one of the most memorable experiences in my professional career🥹 A few months ago, I interviewed my dad about what he's learned over his nearly 40 years as a locally elected school board member in my Michigan hometown. The @HaveYouHeardPod podcast just

Excited to join this amazing group of NY women school administrators tomorrow to share research on women in leadership and navigating policy and political spaces🤓

We then illustrate the power of the NLSD by providing the first ever analysis of national cross-state mobility of supts over the past five year-- visualized below🤓 Key analytical findings: 1⃣ Black & Hispanic supt representation among cross-state movers (15.2% & 3.9%,

First, we discuss the complexity of developing the NLSD -- We share why it is important to not just view supt turnover as a binary 0/1 data point. Supts are human beings, each with a story for why they stayed or left. The NLSD includes2⃣key types of qual data that starts to

"The one that is the culmination of 7 years of believing/ trusting that this will work out" 🚨New pub that I'm excited to finally have out to the world: "Illustrating the power & complexity of a National Longitudinal Superintendent Database (NLSD) through an exploration of

Opinion: Unproven school board governance training in Texas is all hat and no cattle | Opinion

Lone Star Governance (LSG) is an unproven school board governance reform that the TEA has mandated many TX public school districts adopt--often at a price tag of $60k+. LSG purports to improve student outcomes -- but districts forced to adopt LSG are now facing state