Administration news

• How to elevate college and career readiness in 3 steps

  05-08-2026 14:42 via districtadministration.com
  
  District leaders are asking an urgent question: Does earning a high school diploma mean students are truly prepared for what comes next?
  Employers report that many graduates lack the skills needed for today’s workplace. Colleges continue to enroll students who require additional academic support before they can succeed in credit-bearing coursework.
  While these concerns are often framed as a readiness problem, they are ultimately a systems-design challenge.
  Readiness does not emerge from a
  
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• 9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year

  05-08-2026 13:44 via districtadministration.com
  
  Climate change is increasingly disrupting kids’ education. When extreme weather hits, schools often close for kids’ safety.
  Hurricanes, floods, storms, snow, freezing cold, and wildfire smoke can all prompt schools to shut their doors or send kids home early.
  And many schools, especially in northern areas, lack air conditioning and have had to close during extreme heat waves.
  Read or listen to more at Yale Climate Connections. The post 9 million U.S. students lost school time fo
  
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• How the costly digital age is leaving behind rural, underfunded schools

  05-08-2026 13:38 via districtadministration.com
  
  Matthew Splain, superintendent of the Otto-Eldred School District, said schools in his district are struggling to keep aging, refurbished laptops from dying on students.
  The district’s struggles are not isolated.
  Otto-Eldred is nestled in the mountains of rural McKean County. Like other schools in Pennsylvania’s remote areas, this district, too, faces recurrent fiscal challenges, is chronically underfunded and struggles to deliver students a future that promises technological innovat
  
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