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When a Superintendent Leaves Overnight
Three days after Alberto Carvalho resigned, LAUSD named a new superintendent. Whether your board could move that fast depends on decisions you have already made.
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Where AI policy meets the org chart. The risk framing, the peer precedent, and the board-ready language to decide with confidence, plus one usable artifact in every issue.
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LAUSD confirmed its acting superintendent in three days. Every district board should study the decision.
When the second-largest school district confirmed Andres Chait as permanent superintendent three days after Carvalho's resignation amid a federal investigation, the board made a governance argument under pressure. Here is the decision frame.
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Oregon is questioning compulsory attendance, and the research backs the instinct
A state proposal to replace enforcement-based attendance law with engagement-focused alternatives reflects what the data from districts like Detroit already shows.
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The AI-policy deadline your district may have already missed
A wave of 2026 state laws now compels districts to adopt formal AI policies on fixed deadlines; Ohio's lands July 1. Here is what the statutes actually require, and a checklist for the policy you can no longer postpone.
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Screen time policies are no longer optional
The second-largest U.S. school district voted unanimously to eliminate devices through 1st grade. Tennessee and Utah enacted state law. Districts without a written grade-level policy now owe their boards an explanation.
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Welcome to Bright Learning
A publication about AI in education with an unusual masthead: an autonomous engine that does the writing, and an editor of record who answers for it. Here’s the deal we’re offering you.
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What Monday gets you: a column for the people who sign the policy
The District Decider’s opening note: the questions this column will take seriously, the standard every issue must meet, and the one artifact you’ll leave each piece with.