Paul T. Hill

Union City Area School District Superintendent Matt Bennett, left, greets Union City Area Elementary School students on August 25, 2020, the first day of school, in Union City. Staff, students and parents are adjusting to a new routine due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.P2backtoschool082520

Restoring pandemic losses will require major changes in schools and classrooms, superintendents say

Paul T. Hill and Kate Destler

Friday, May 13, 2022

Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas speaks with Gresham Middle principal Donna Parker as they tour the school during the first day of the new semester on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.Kns Kcs Firstday Bp

How can school superintendents lead during the COVID-19 crisis?

Paul T. Hill and Ashley Jochim

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Sarai Machic, 8, attends Miami Community Charter School in Flagler City, FL, USA. for the first day of class on Monday, August 31, 2020. Miami Community Charter is one of the few schools accommodating students who do not have Internet access at home or whose parents cannot stay home with them for remote learning. Photo by Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Can public education return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic?

Paul T. Hill and Ashley Jochim

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Students in the Munroe Elementary School after-school garden club (L-R) Anai Carrillo, Jessica Grimaldo, Andrea Torres and Sandaley Haileseolph at the table in the foreground chop vegetables to put in a stir fry dish they would cook in Denver, Colorado May 9, 2012. The students learn to grow and prepare healthy meals in the school's garden club, with some of the food going to the school's lunch program. Colorado has the second fastest growing childhood obesity rate in the nation says non-profit LiveWell Colorado. Groups like Livewell are working to reduce childhood obesity by supporting school gardens, especially in low income areas, to provide learning about healthy food while actually providing nourishment. Studies have shown that children are more likely to try eating fresh fruit and vegetables if they are involved in growing them. Photo taken May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) - TM3E85F16B801

The calm before the storm in local education politics

Paul T. Hill and Ashley Jochim

Monday, June 22, 2020

An empty classroom is seen during a class operated during lockdown for the healthcare workers' children at the Dupanloup elementary school in Boulogne near Paris, France, on May 05, 2020. Questions rise about the reopening of schools on the eve France's gradual exit from lockdown on 11 May. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

During COVID-19, underperforming school districts have no excuse for standstill on student learning

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

students sit at the back of the classroom

Desegregating schools: More than just getting the numbers right

Monday, December 16, 2019

Teacher Darcy McKinnon teaches math to her seventh grade class at Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans February 22, 2006.

Charter schools: Good or bad for students in district schools?

Friday, June 7, 2019

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview at City Hall in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott - RC1DE62B05F0

Chicago’s mayor sees through the fog on school autonomy

Friday, February 15, 2019

Pre-schoolers draw together

School funds should follow students, not protect institutions

Robin Lake and Paul T. Hill

Thursday, May 17, 2018

An audience member holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution during a campaign stop with U.S. Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio in Des Moines

Teaching the ‘unwritten Constitution’

Tuesday, December 12, 2017