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Seventy-four percent of superintendents say it will be a challenge to prepare students to be engaged citizens — up from 50% in 2017 — according to Gallup’s 2018 Survey of K-12 School District Superintendents. The other challenges identified by superintendents in the survey include improving student achievement and retaining teachers.