Recognition Awards Presented by Horace Mann League During Annual Luncheon
The Horace Mann League will present several awards at its annual recognition and installation luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on Friday at the Marriott Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. The recognitions at the event will be these. Outstanding Friend of Public Education Award: Gary Orfield and Patricia Gándara. They are co-directors of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project […]
[Video] Meet the AASA 2023 Finalists for National Superintendent of the Year (3:09)
In this short video, the finalists for the 2023 National Superintendent of the Year® discuss what this distinction means for them and what it means to be a member of AASA. The finalists are: PJ Caposey, Meridian Community Unit School District 223, Stillman Valley, Ill.; Matthew Hillmann, Northfield Public Schools, ISD 659, Northfield, Minn.; Kevin […]
Two Champions for Equity to Receive AASA Humanitarian Award at 2023 National Conference on Education
AASA, The School Superintendents Association will fete two recipients of the 2023 Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award on Thursday, Feb. 16, at its national conference in San Antonio, Texas. They will be honored at a 12:30 p.m. luncheon on Friday in Room 221-CD. All seats for the event have been sold. The two honorees […]
Suicide Prevention Leader and Special Education Attorney Named 2023 Friends of AASA at Annual Conference in San Antonio
AASA will recognize two individuals with the Friend of AASA Award during the association’s 2023 National Conference on Education in San Antonio, Texas. The two recipients are: Benghiat’s organization is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing suicide and protecting the emotional health of our nation’s youth and young adults. Borreca has represented school clients […]
Ohio Superintendent Receives Save The Music Foundation Award at AASA Conference for her Support of the Arts
Elizabeth Lolli, superintendent of Dayton Public Schools in Dayton, Ohio, was named Saturday morning the 2022 recipient of the Save The Music Foundation’s 17th annual Administrator Award for Distinguished Support of Music Education. Because she was unable to attend the conference, the award was accepted on stage by Valarie Milligan, academic coordinator for music in […]
Two Top-Flight District Administrators Named 2022 Women in School Leadership Award Winners at 2nd General Session
The superintendent in Guilford County, N.C., and an assistant superintendent in Colorado Springs, Colo., were recognized Friday morning as the recipients of the 2022 Women in School Leadership Awards. The honors were presented during the 2nd General Session of the AASA National Conference on Education in Nashville, Tenn. The winner in the superintendent category was […]
[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)
District Leaders in Texas and Utah Receive the EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award
The superintendent of Dallas Independent School District in Dallas, Texas, Michael Hinojosa, and the superintendent of Weber School District in Ogden, Utah, Jeff Stephens, were honored Friday morning with the 3rd annual EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award. This award, sponsored by ClassLink, recognizes an exceptional superintendent who serves as an empowered leader, leveraging […]
Three Friends of AASA Recognized with an Annual Honor at 2nd General Session
The AASA Friend of Education award was accorded to three individuals who do not work directly for K-12 education organizations at the 2nd General Session of the AASA national conference in Nashville on Friday morning. The recipients were: Gregg Behr, executive director of the Grable Foundation; Emily Oster, professor of economics at Brown University; and […]
[Video] What’s It Mean to Be Recognized by Peers as the Nation’s Top Superintendent? Curtis Cain of Wentzville, Mo., Shares Thoughts in a Backstage Interview (2:53)
Curtis Cain of Wentzville, Mo., talks about the message of hope that he has in mind for his superintendent colleagues across the country, minutes after he was named the 2022 National Superintendent of the Year in a ceremony Feb. 17 at the AASA national conference in Nashville, Tenn. (Video filmed by Lifetouch and produced by […]