AASA’s Presidential Contenders Promote Their Candidacies on Day 2 of the 2023 Election Season
The two contenders for the AASA presidency each struck a note for their candidacies during the 2nd General Session of the AASA national conference in San Antonio on Friday. Both candidates, Gustavo Balderas and David Jensen, hail from the Pacific Northwest. The election opened one day prior. Balderas, superintendent in Beaverton, Ore., called himself “a […]
AASA’s Incoming President Sees a Model at Home for Students as Producers of Their Own Learning
Public education must modernize, AASA President-Elect Shari Camhi said at the 3rd General Session of AASA’s national conference in Nashville on Saturday. The basic approach to the curriculum and sequential structure of secondary education can be traced to a meeting in 1892, she said. But antiquated approaches cannot adequately prepare students to be successful in […]
As Candidates for the AASA Presidency, Superintendents from Kansas and New York Voice Their Qualities for Election in Front of Colleagues
A pair of veteran superintendents seeking to become the president of AASA in 2023-24 used the stage of the 2nd General Session Friday morning to tell several hundred colleagues why they are the best candidate for the association’s leadership post. Their brief campaign speeches took place at the AASA National Conference on Education in Nashville, […]
Imhoff Exhorts Comraderie for Overcoming ‘the Worst Two Years of Our Professional and Personal Lives’
While admitting to his own self-doubts about his capacity to continue on as a superintendent during the tumult caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, AASA President Paul Imhoff called on his colleagues to be a countervailing human force. His remarks, which touched on his personal and professional challenges, were delivered Thursday afternoon at the 1st General […]