Sold-Out Exhibit Hall Includes New Features Plus 327 Exhibitors from Businesses and Other Organizations
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AASA’s National Conference on Education will house a sold-out exhibit hall in San Diego this month, with 327 vendors showcasing their products and services and 485 total booths in the 48,000-square foot hall. The exhibit hall will be located on the first floor in Halls A and B, behind the registration area, and will operate […]
[Video] AASA 2024-25 Candidates for President-Elect Give Remarks (2:00)
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This short video contains excerpts from the remarks that the three candidates running for AASA’s 2024-25 president elect gave at the AASA Governing Board meeting in San Diego on the eve of the National Conference on Education. The candidates are David Law (Minnesota), Tobin Navasio (Montana) and Wayne Vickers (Alabama).
[Video] Baron Davis: Empowering the Next Generation of Black Male Educators (3:20)
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The Premier 100 movement aims to raise the number of Black and non-white male teachers in school districts. In this short interview, former superintendent Baron Davis discusses this movement during a session at AASA’s 2023 National Conference on Education in San Antonio, Texas. This video was produced by Jimmy Minichello. Read more.
Baron Davis: Recruitment of Black Male Teachers Should Be an Ongoing Commitment, Not a Short-Term Fad
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School leaders were urged Saturday to work aggressively to raise the representation of Black and other non-white males to bring better representation to classroom teaching positions for the sake of students’ futures. At an AASA conference session “A Movement Not an Initiative: Empowering the Next Generation of Black Male Educators,” Baron Davis, former superintendent of […]
[Video] Build a Culture of Student Well Being: An Evaluation of the School Resource Officer Program (2:57)
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A Pennsylvania superintendent engaged the audience with stories and action steps to evaluate and improve the School Resource Officer program in their districts. This story was produced by Michael Ellson at the 2023 AASA Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Tap Faith-Based Leaders as Community Voices in Support of Strong Public Education Systems, Two Panelists Suggest
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With political leaders aiming negativity at the nation’s public schools recently, community-level faith leaders can play an important role in undoing the harm by delivering strong supportive messages, according to panelists at an AASA conference session on Saturday morning. Kent P. Scribner, superintendent of Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas, and Charles Foster Johnson, […]
[Video] How to Build a Community Partnership Between a School District and Faith Leaders (3:37)
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In this session, a pastor and a superintendent explored the challenges of navigating grassroots partnerships with faith leaders and provided actionable guidance to help district superintendents strengthen trust and build support in their communities. This story was produced by Logan Reid at the 2023 AASA Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read more.
Early Learning Gains Late Focus as Subject on Final Day of AASA Conference
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The future of education can be so much more than just K-12 but further expanded to P-20, meaning the teaching and nurturing of children from birth to adulthood. A two-person panel spoke about the importance of starting children in an early education setting at their session “Learn What the Future of Education Can Become with Early […]
Major Turnover of Talent at Top Has AASA’s Incoming President Turning Sights to Cultivating Next Generation of Superintendents
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Gladys Cruz, incoming president of the association, took up the mounting concern over who will be leading public school systems in the near term during her remarks Saturday at the 3rd General Session of the AASA National Conference on Education in San Antonio, Texas. Cruz, officially president-elect until she assumes the top elected post in […]
Five Learning 2025 School Districts Share Their Distinctive Beacons of Light with Conference Attendees
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Students should be well trained to go out into the world when they graduate from high school, whether that’s for college or work, said Doug Wheeler, superintendent of College Community School District in Iowa. Wheeler presented at the “Beacons of Light” session at the AASA National Conference on Education on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas, […]