Under Kim Smessaert's guidance, Slinger's school store, the Rookery, has become so much more than an extension of DECA. Hear how Slinger is opening doors for its students, equipping them with the skills and experiences they'll need in their early jobs--and building community cohesion all the while!

For our next live recording, join us here at this link TOMORROW, May 21st, 11:00am central time, to hear Eric Burke and Lexi Allen talk about building career academies and establishing community partnerships in Rhinelander!

Gail Gilman of the Minnesota School Boards Association and Chris Thompson of the Unified School District of De Pere sit down with us to talk about how and why to do strategic planning right.

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Lake Mills Area schools received five times the expected number of applications for an open teaching position. What is going on there that makes the district one that staff want to join and stay in?

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LINKS to cited sources in early going:

Tuan Nguyen, et al. (2019), "Factors of Teacher Attrition and Retention"

Wisconsin Policy Forum (2023), "Revolving Classroom Doors."

Tuan Nguyen (2022), "Burned Out and Dissatisfied?"

Michael Hartney (2022), How Policies Make Interest Groups

Matt Kraft, et al. (2020), "Teacher Accountability Reforms and the Supply and Quality of New Teachers."

Jon Shelton (2017), Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order

Barbara Biasi and Wayne Sandholtz (2025), "The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reforms: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10"