More From the World of K–12 Education
Ed-tech vendors are flooding superintendents with hundreds of unsolicited pitches weekly. Five superintendents shared what lands in their inbox in a single day, exposing a largely unregulated industry racing to capture school budgets as pandemic relief funds dry up.
Detroit Public Schools Community District is considering surplus funds for demolishing 11 vacant buildings, building an athletic complex, repaving 36 parking lots, and improving security fencing at 28 schools.
Northside ISD Superintendent John Craft says per-student safety funding mandated under HB 3 doesn't cover the real costs of armed officers, fencing, vestibules, and door monitoring across a district of more than 90,000 students.
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) is pushing to let aging public school buildings qualify for the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit, aiming to help close the estimated $85 billion annual gap in school infrastructure funding.