School District’s Alignment Work Brings Major Progress, Superintendent Reports
It only takes one plan to align a school district to be successful. During his session “What Does it Mean to be An Aligned School District” on Thursday at the AASA National Conference on Education, the superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District in Mountain View, Calif., discussed the impact alignment had on his community.
VIDEO: School Safety and Security (1:59)
Nearly 20 companies in the AASA conference’s exhibit hall are promoting services and tools for addressing school security and student and staff safety.
Fighting Off the Push for District Consolidation Documented by Panel of Rural School Leaders
When Jay H. Burkhart, superintendent of the South Western School District in Hanover, Pa., asked attendants of an AASA panel who was faced with a potential school district merger, more than two-thirds raised their hand.
Odds and Ends About Curtis Jones Jr.
Editor’s Note: A series of short human interest stories about the newly named National Superintendent of the Year®, Curtis Jones Jr. of Macon, Ga.
Former National Security Adviser Calls on Conference Attendees, at 1st General Session, to Strengthen Democracy
Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice is looking to superintendents and teachers to stop what she fears may be a weakening of American democracy.
VIDEO: Ember Conley on Opioid Crisis (1:54)
Superintendent Ember Conley shared ideas on dealing with the opioid crisis as it affects school-age children.
Darling-Hammond: Testing Won’t Make America No. 1 in Education
If America wants to be the world leader in education, then it should look to other countries as a model for success, says Linda Darling-Hammond, a leading educational researcher, in her Thought Leader session Thursday at the AASA national conference.
Well-Equipped Homegrown Teachers the Object of Phi Delta Kappa Training Regimen
Teaching in America no longer is an idealized profession. Factors such as low pay and the lack of professional respect have resulted in a shortage of qualified teachers across the country.
Communicating ESSA Requirement for School-by-School Spending Breakdowns With Stakeholders
Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, every school district soon will be required to release comparative spending breakdowns at all schools.
VIDEO: 2019 Superintendent of the Year® Curtis Jones Jr. (2:45)
Curtis Jones Jr. described his reaction to being named the 2019 National Superintendent of the Year® at the AASA national conference’s 1st General Session. He talked about the message he hoped to share with fellow educators over his year in the national limelight. Jones leads the Bibb County Schools in Macon, Ga.