Evaluation systems in the state tend to have just two or three categories, and are used more often to guide retention decisions than professional development, according to a survey from the San-Francisco based research group WestEd.

The guide, released by a federally-funded resource center, is intended to help state and district facilitators create or revamp their process for measuring the effectiveness of school leaders.

The law, which required unaccredited districts to pay tuition and transportation costs for students who wanted to depart for neighboring accredited districts, places an unfair burden on taxpayers, a judge ruled.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's latest story on aberrant test scores looks at schools that have earned federal recognition.

Buffalo is the only school district of 10 that has not had its school improvement grant money unfrozen by the state.

School leaders announced a budget plan that would close schools and restructure them into "achievement networks."

A research study of three urban districts outlines some qualities that lead to effective partnerships between principals and their coaches at the central office.

Heath Morrison, named 2012 superintendent of the year by the American Association of School Administrators, is moving from Washoe County, Nev. to the growing North Carolina district.

The recent report from the superintendent of the 33,000-student district was meant to counter a proposal from a city-based nonprofit that the district undergo sweeping change.

The report documented thousands of incidents of serious crime in the school system, including assaults, robberies and rapes.