Like most educators, I entered the profession to focus on what matters—teaching kids. That said, my first week of teaching always consumed an embarrassing amount of hours filling out and filing paperwork, verifying I conformed to that year’s district initiatives, or generally puzzling out what various new education acronyms meant for my day-to-day work.

Changes to K-12 Funding Could Be Coming: How Data Can Help Districts Survive the Impact
As we start a new year, school leaders look toward the future with hope and optimism. However, we can’t help but feel our anxiety begin to increase when we tune into today’s non-stop news cycle. Will the ongoing call to slash K–12 spending turn from a pledge into a promise in 2025? How different will the Department of Education look 12 months from now?