From the Field · Originally shared on LinkedIn by Gary D. Soto (August 2026)Eleven percent of public-school principals left the profession in a single year.[3]That figure comes from the national follow-up of principals who served in 2020–21. The issue is bigger than a...
From the Field · Originally shared on LinkedIn by Gary D. Soto (August 2026)Attendance belongs to the whole system, not only the attendance office.The U.S. chronic absenteeism rate fell from about 31% in 2021–22 to 28% in 2022–23. That is movement in the right...
From the Field · Originally shared on LinkedIn by Gary D. Soto (August 2026)If the reading plan changes every August, the problem may not be the plan.In 2024, 40% of fourth-graders scored below NAEP Basic in reading. That number is not the same as a state’s...
