[Video] Two Women Leaders Take Top Honors at AASA Conference (2:44)
Backstage interviews with the two recipients of AASA’s 2022 Women in School Leadership Awards: Sharon Contreras, superintendent, Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, N.C.; and Susan Field, assistant superintendent for learning services, Academy District 20, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Video filmed by Lifetouch and produced by Michael Ellson)
[Video] Todd Ullah Wants to See Computer Science Taught in Every Elementary School (2:39)
Todd Ullah, executive director of the San Diego-based EDforTech Alliance, discusses the need for elementary schools to provide even the youngest students with skills to be logical thinkers, problem solvers, creators and collaborators. (Video filmed by Lifetouch and produced by Michael Ellson)
Backpack Stuffing a Labor of Love Toward Needy Children for AASA Conference Volunteers
In what is becoming a tradition at the AASA national conference, several dozen superintendents lined up Friday to stuff bags with food for needy schoolchildren. Among those participating in the project for about an hour in Nashville’s Music City Center were a pair of superintendents who have been married to each other for 38 years — […]
[Video] Volunteers at AASA Conference Find Great Meaning in Blessings in a Backpack (3:58)
Highlights of what has become a tradition at AASA’s National Conference on Education as school system leaders stuff bags with food for needy local children in a volunteer activity titled “Blessings in a Backpack.” (Video produced by Logan Reid)
[Video] Superintendent Julie Vitale on the Need to Support LGBTQ Students (3:34)
As superintendent in Oceanside, Calif., Julie Vitale tries to provide effective support to LGBTQ students in her schools. She talked about some ways following her AASA conference session on the topic. (Video produced by Logan Reid)
Leslie Fenwick Targets Education as the Core of a Democracy in Her Keynote at 2nd General Session
School superintendents are the first responders of democracy — they survive and help others to survive, said the dean emeritus of Howard University’s School of Education. “Schools are the place where democracy can occur,” said Leslie Fenwick, the keynote speaker at the 2nd General Session of the National Conference on Education on Friday. She emphasized […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: A Phone Rescue and a Sign of an Overly Exuberant Conference Attendee
Staff Perform an Emotional Rescue Meghan Moran and Tammy Barbara endeared themselves to a conference attendee from Washington state who left behind his cell phone in a Lyft vehicle that dropped him at the Music City Center. His decision to come to the conference’s Information Kiosk was a wise one. Moran and Barbara, both AASA […]
A Conversation with James Harvey, Outgoing President of the Horace Mann League
AASA is sharing a conversation with James Harvey, outgoing president of the Horace Mann League who served as executive director of the National Superintendents Roundtable before retiring at the end of 2021. HML held its 100th annual meeting and luncheon on Feb. 18 in Nashville, Tenn. AASA: What does it mean for the Horace Mann […]
Horace Mann League, Marking 100th Year, Installs New Officers and Board Members for 2022
The Horace Mann League, which is marking the 100th year of its existence, installed new officers and board members for the coming year at the organization’s annual luncheon on Friday at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. Elected as officers of the public education advocacy group were the following: President, Ruben Alejandro, former superintendent, Weslaco, Texas […]
[Video] Zandra Jo Galvin Plies a Frequent Presence on Social Media to Advance Her Advocacy (3:41)
As a user of multiple social media platforms, Zandra Jo Galvin, superintendent of California’s Greenfield Union School District, thinks school district leaders have a great opportunity to tell their districts’ stories of success. (Video produced by Selah Oden)