Caitlynn Peetz

There are often clear signs when someone is a good fit for the superintendent role. Figuring out when to leave is trickier.

He was returning to the country after visiting family abroad, and refused to let agents access his district laptop and phone.

Rising superintendent turnover in the nation's schools is a concern. But sometimes, it's time for change at the top.

School leaders in Grandview, Mo., came close to canceling their back-to-school health fair this summer after years of low turnout.

Two decades ago this month, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans—and ushered in a radical transformation of the city's schools that's largely still in place.

It's a well-known fact by now that kids are missing school more than they were a few years ago. It's a problem that is top of mind for educators and researchers, and increasingly for families.

A quarter of school-aged children don't think missing three weeks of the school year is a problem, according to a new survey

We asked superintendents at the start of a new school year. Here's what they said.

Recent research and surveys shed some new light on America's chronic absenteeism problem.

Superintendent Monique Darrisaw-Akil was intent on forging an overseas sister school partnership based on learning, not charity.