Elizabeth Heubeck

Melanie Kay-Wyatt, the superintendent for the Alexandria, Va., school district, stands for a portrait inside Alexandria City High School on Sept. 9, 2024. She considers her professional style to be an important part of how she presents herself in her role.

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School & District Management Q&A What Should School Administrators Wear to Work? A Superintendent’s Style Tips

Elizabeth Heubeck, September 13, 2024

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Recruitment & Retention Q&A How This District Lowered Its Teacher Vacancy Rate to Almost Zero

Elizabeth Heubeck, September 10, 2024

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Erin Clark shared screenshots of a text message conversation she had with her son, Ethan, just before 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2024.

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School Climate & Safety The Georgia School Shooting May Accelerate the Backlash to Cellphone Bans

Elizabeth Heubeck & Lauraine Langreo, September 5, 2024

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School Climate & Safety Q&A How Peer Mentors Can Ease the Transitions to Middle and High School

Elizabeth Heubeck, September 4, 2024

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Katelyn Wolff cuddles her newborn baby. Wolff claims that she was denied reasonable breaks to pump breast milk during the school day, despite a federal law protecting workers' rights to do so at work for up to a year after a child's birth. Many other teachers have experienced similar obstacles, advocates say.

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Teaching Profession One Teacher's Fight for the Right to Pump at Work

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 29, 2024

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Middle school students walk between classes at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., on April 16, 2024.

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Student Well-Being Making the Transition to Middle School Better

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 19, 2024

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6 min read

A sign in a classroom at Delta High School in February reinforces the policy of the rural Utah school that students check their phones at the door as they enter each classroom.

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Ed-Tech Policy Teachers Want Cellphones Out of Classrooms

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 15, 2024

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School & District Management Download How Schools Can Support Breastfeeding Teachers (Downloadable)

Elizabeth Heubeck & Vanessa Solis, August 14, 2024

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Third graders listen at the start of Lindsey Wuest's Science As Art class, at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., on April 16, 2024.

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Reading & Literacy Why Do Literacy Retention Policies Target 3rd Grade?

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 12, 2024

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Quarterback Jaden Rashada plays during the 2022 CIF state football championship Division 1-A game in Mission Viejo, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2022. Rashada is said to be the first high school football player to profit from endorsements with a name, image, and likeness deal. Those deals are now available to high school students in at least 39 states.

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School & District Management High School Athletes Can Profit From Brand Deals. What That Means for Schools

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 6, 2024

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Teaching Profession Legally, Breastfeeding Teachers Can Pump at Work. But Can They, Really?

Elizabeth Heubeck, August 1, 2024

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Social Studies Teaching the 2024 Election: Learning Opportunity or Landmine?

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 25, 2024

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Parents, students, and staff of Chino Valley Unified School District hold up flags and signs in favor of protecting LGBTQ+ policies at a school board meeting on June 15, 2023, in Chino, Calif. The district is now suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over a new law banning districts from requiring educators to notify parents if their child requests to use a different name or pronouns in school.

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School Climate & Safety Student Pronoun Policies Put Teachers in a Tough Spot

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 23, 2024

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Ed-Tech Policy Q&A Why Many Schools' Strict Cellphone Policies May Not Go Far Enough

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 18, 2024

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6 min read

A crowd waits for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump to speak at the campaign event in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024, before a shooting took place.

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School & District Management How Have School Leaders Responded to the Trump Shooting?

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 16, 2024

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Teaching Profession Teachers' Favorite Reads This Summer

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 12, 2024

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Teaching Profession The Truth About Teachers' Summers

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 11, 2024

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Colin Prater hits his tee shot on the 10th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament on June 12, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C.

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Teaching Profession In Their Own Words How This 'Goofy Science Teacher' Made It to the U.S. Open in Golf

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 9, 2024

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Alaysia Kimble, 9, laughs with fellow students while trying on a firefighter’s hat and jacket at Estabrook Elementary during the Grizzly Learning Camp on June, 26, 2024 in Ypsilanti, Mich. The district, with 70 percent of its students coming from low-income backgrounds, is struggling with how to continue funding the popular summer program after ESSER funds dry up.

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Education Funding Inside a Summer Learning Camp With an Uncertain Future After ESSER

Elizabeth Heubeck, July 2, 2024

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5 min read

Teachers say smartwatches, like the Apple Watches pictured here, are a growing distraction in class.

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Ed-Tech Policy Smartwatches: The Next Challenge for School Cellphone Policies

Elizabeth Heubeck, June 25, 2024

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4 min read

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