Video: AASA President Deb Kerr on Raising the Voices of Superintendents (2:05)

Deborah Kerr, who is serving as the 2019-20 president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, shares why it’s so important for the voices of superintendents to be heard by federal, state and local policymakers. In this two-minute video, she also talks about the key conversations she has with other school system leaders throughout the country during the AASA Governing Board meeting in San Diego. Kerr is the superintendent of the Brown Deer School District in Brown Deer, Wis.

Eadie Shares Strategies to Build a High-Functioning Board in a Pre-Convention Workshop

Seldom are school board members the problem with governance in a school district, said Doug Eadie at Wednesday’s AASA preconference workshop titled “Cementing the School Board-Superintendent Governing Partnership.” The root of a problem relationship between superintendent and board of education, he said, “could be the culture or [the need for structure] on working together.” Eadie, […]

Fun Run and Fitness Options at AASA’s National Conference

For most of the year, Noelle Ellerson Ng oversees AASA’s advocacy and governance work. But during the week of AASA’s national conference, she assumes added duty to ensure fitness opportunities for early risers. Two fitness activities are slated during conference week in San Diego. Those interested are to complete an NCE 2020 Fun Run form […]

Two Who Will Be Missing in San Diego Figure Larger Than Convention Life

For me, a behind-the-scenes staff member at the past 30 AASA national conferences, two individuals who aren’t going to be in San Diego for the 2020 event this month represent a much bigger deal than those who will be on hand.