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Facing teacher shortages and Generation Z's new expectations for careers, the education sector is exploring redesigning teacher roles. This article uses Arizona State University's team teaching model as an example, highlighting its potential to enhance teacher autonomy and retention, and mentions a pilot program in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As 2026 approaches, K-12 education in the United States faces multiple pressures: tight education funding, intensified competition for student enrollment, teacher layoffs and retention challenges, ongoing federal policy uncertainty, state-led efforts to improve academic performance and attendance rates, as well as the need to advance AI literacy and online protection efforts.

In a commentary, Denise Forte warns that federal school voucher programs and budget proposals cutting Title I funds threaten public schools, citing data from Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and other states showing that vouchers have not benefited the students most in need, instead exacerbating racial segregation and funding inequity. She calls on Congress to preserve and increase Title I funding, urges states to adopt equitable funding formulas, and protect accountability and transparency mechanisms.

Beaverton School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas is known for flexible management, driving notable achievements in academics, operations, safety, and environmental sustainability. The district has set an industry benchmark through fentanyl awareness campaigns, expansion of bilingual programs, innovation in career and technical education, and the adoption of electric school buses.

Stephen Sroka, with over 50 years of experience in campus crisis intervention and violence prevention, combines his personal life-and-death experiences to clarify common misconceptions about campus shootings, reveal the '5B' pattern in media and legal responses, and propose 'New 5B' action recommendations based on the latest data, calling on the community to jointly build a safe campus.

The topic of children's mental health is receiving increasing attention. In this three-episode podcast series, expert guests will share evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies around ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and comorbid conditions, and introduce Pearson's newly launched BASC-4 assessment suite to help clinicians and educators enhance students' psychological well-being.