Puerto Rican Education Secretary Details a Guided Rebound of Devastated Schools
Still recovering from Hurricane Maria, the Puerto Rico Department of Education is steadily rebuilding and restructuring schools throughout the island.
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Linking Teacher and Principal Accountability to a District’s Staff Support System
A panel of school leaders shared their research and practical experiences with empowering schools to close achievement gaps at AASA’s National Conference on Education on Friday.
North Carolina Leader Describes Personalized Professional Learning for Staff
Personalizing professional learning for teachers and principals is essential to building a more coherent, data-driven and feedback-based school system, according to the three presenters at a Friday conference session titled “How to Personalize Professional Learning for Teachers and Principals.”
A Brand Consultant Attracts Eager Ears on Marketing School Leadership
A penny is a penny is a penny, unless of course you look at the way that Trish Rubin does. For this marketing expert, it was easy for her to help superintendents see the differences. Rubin is a brand consultant at Baruch College who shared her marketing expertise in a Friday afternoon workshop at the … Read more A Brand Consultant Attracts Eager Ears on Marketing School Leadership
Daggett Re-envisions Learning for the Whole Child in an AASA Keynote Address
At the fastest-improving schools, educators’ mindset changed from fast-forward thinking to future-focused thinking, according to Bill Daggett, the keynote speaker at Friday’s 2nd General Session. Daggett, founder and chair of the International Center for Leadership in Education, supports this assertion with research findings of three studies that looked at individual school performance, the practices of … Read more Daggett Re-envisions Learning for the Whole Child in an AASA Keynote Address
Backpack Stuffing at AASA Confab Will Feed 1,000 Needy Elementary School Pupils
An estimated 1,000 black canvass backpacks with packs of Raisin Bran, Fruit Loops, cans of Campbell’s chicken noodle and vegetable soup and Cheez-It cheddar crackers are headed to needy students across Los Angeles.
Panel of Women Superintendents Share Personal Insights on Leading in a Male-Dominated World
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Sharon Contreras, superintendent of Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, N.C., recited that Ida B. Wells quote during an AASA conference panel on Friday titled “A No-Holds-Barred Conversation with Female Superintendents.”
Marshall Memo Editor Shares Ideas for Improving Teaching and Teacher Feedback
Hollywood feeds the myth that great teachers are born, not made. Think “Stand and Deliver,” the story of math teacher Jaimie Escalante, whose students succeeded. Or “The Freedom Writers,” about the inspirational English teacher Hilary Swank who encouraged students to express themselves through writing.
Wallace Foundation Shares Strategies for Sustaining a Pipeline for Well-Prepared Principals
Sustaining a principal pipeline helps to cultivate a steady supply of well-prepared and well-supported new principals for schools, according to the newly published study report from The Wallace Foundation and Policy Studies Associates.
Why Use Social Media In Your District? #TellYourStory!
The message was clear to those sitting in the conference audience: If you’re not using social media to tell your story, then someone else surely is — and that story may paint a very different picture of your schools.
