Schools Can Expand Equity in Gifted Programs, Conference Attendees Told
How can schools ensure that all deserving students have access to gifted programs? Presenters from Arizona tackled that topic in a session called “Equitable Identification of All Gifted Students: Obstacles and Solutions” on Friday afternoon at AASA’s national conference in Nashville. The current gifted student identification process can overlook students, according to Kimberly Lansdowne, executive […]
[Video] Carole Basile’s Notion of a Next Education Workforce May Be a Way to Stem the Outflow of Talented Educators (2:09)
Carole Basile, dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, discusses the Next Education Workforce and how it can serve as a remedy to the growing teacher shortage. (Video produced by Jimmy Minichello)
One Lesson of the Pandemic Delivered at AASA Conference Session: Listen to Your Stakeholders
As schools across the world recover from the past two pandemic years, administrators in Cajon Valley Schools in California are heeding the lessons of the pandemic. One lesson: Listen to stakeholders. After Cajon Valley shut down operations on March 13, 2020, it took Miyashiro’s team 14 days to realize they needed to find a way […]
With Membership Losses Threatening One of Them, NSBA and AASA Leaders Worry About the Traditional Strength of Their Partnership
Membership loss in the National School Boards Association could end up undermining the ability of AASA to effectively advocate for public education at the federal level, AASA Executive Director Daniel Domenech said Friday in an AASA national conference session with John Heim, NSBA’s new executive director and CEO. Historically, NSBA and AASA have agreed on […]
[Video] Tammy Campbell Defines Courageous Leadership and Suggests Measures for Expressing It (3:15)
Tammy Campbell, CEO of The Scholar First in Seattle, Wash., and a former superintendent, discusses how district leaders have strategically woven equity throughout their schools’ policies and practices and central-office operations. (Video produced by Selah Oden)
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] Todd Ullah Wants to See Computer Science Taught in Every Elementary School (2:39)
Todd Ullah, executive director of the San Diego-based EDforTech Alliance, discusses the need for elementary schools to provide even the youngest students with skills to be logical thinkers, problem solvers, creators and collaborators. (Video filmed by Lifetouch and produced by Michael Ellson)
[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)
Backpack Stuffing a Labor of Love Toward Needy Children for AASA Conference Volunteers
In what is becoming a tradition at the AASA national conference, several dozen superintendents lined up Friday to stuff bags with food for needy schoolchildren. Among those participating in the project for about an hour in Nashville’s Music City Center were a pair of superintendents who have been married to each other for 38 years — […]
[Video] Superintendent Julie Vitale on the Need to Support LGBTQ Students (3:34)
As superintendent in Oceanside, Calif., Julie Vitale tries to provide effective support to LGBTQ students in her schools. She talked about some ways following her AASA conference session on the topic. (Video produced by Logan Reid)