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 […]
College Board Clarifies for AASA Attendees Its Content of New AP African American Studies Course
The College Board is preparing to launch its first AP African American Studies course and wants to ensure superintendents have a true picture of what the course entails. Two representatives of the College Board addressed an AASA national conference audience on Thursday afternoon in the first of three sessions to set the record straight about […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Breakfast Favorites, a New York Takeover and Images of AASA Transition
Breakfast Cereal on His Mind AASA public policy staffer Tara Thomas briefed the Governing Board on Wednesday about AASA’s position on proposed new federal nutrition standards for school meals, during which she referenced the sugar content in some popular offerings favored by students. Once she had finished, Paul Imhoff, AASA past president, couldn’t resist his […]
Federal Relations Lunch Speaker Spells Out What to Expect Over Contentious Curriculum Challenges in the Coming Years
Controversial curriculum has been a hot button issue for school districts across the nation, divided on political lines, said Morgan Polikoff, author of Beyond Standards, an education researcher at University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education and AASA’s Federal Relation Lunch keynote speaker. In remarks at Thursday’s annual luncheon held during the AASA national […]
Guiding Principle from Camhi to Superintendent Colleagues: Tell the Stories of Kids’ Successes
Shari Camhi wants us all to know that we are more than just a number. In her remarks as AASA president during the AASA conference’s 1st General Session on Thursday, Camhi took advantage of a teachable moment to recall a 6th grader named Chris. When he entered her 6th-grade class, he had missed 180 continuous […]
New Survey of Superintendents Focuses on the State of Mental Health Among Youth
EAB, a research firm in education, used the AASA national conference to release its 2023 Voice of the Superintendent report, which highlights findings from a survey of 198 school district superintendents across 37 states. The survey focused on the state of mental wellness among students. Eighty-one percent of superintendents stated student behavioral concerns are worse […]
Panel Examines Building Resiliency Through the AVID Program
An AASA conference roundtable on resiliency on Thursday examined what collective educator agency looks like in action. The panel took on a conversational tone. Lynn Kepp from AVID first asked Michael Lopes Serrao from Parkrose School District what building resiliency and agency across his school district looks like. He talked about the importance of aligning […]
Bright Picture Sketched of AASA’s Presence During State-of-the-Association Presentation to Governing Board
AASA stands as a fiscally healthy and substantively robust organization, ready to tackle the challenges that lie ahead for public education and its leadership. That was the picture painted at Wednesday’s state-of-the-association presentation delivered to AASA’s Governing Board before the start of the 2023 National Conference on Education in San Antonio, Texas. David Schuler, who […]
Governing Board Weighs in with AASA’s Amended Stance on Parental Involvement and Holds Member Dues Steady for Next Year
Approximately 100 members of AASA’s Governing Board breezed through its meeting agenda in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, adopting a revised new position statement on parental engagement in education and approving the association’s federal legislative agenda for the coming year. In its first of two meetings in 2023, the Governing Board also decided to hold […]
[Video] Jill Gildea on Some Tools for Schools in the Quest for Better Mental Health, Suicide Prevention Among Students (3:59)
Park City, Utah’s superintendent, Jill Gildea, discusses the importance of mental health and what parents can do if they suspect their child is struggling with mental health issues. She addressed the topic at AASA’s 2022 National Conference on Education in Nashville, Tenn. (Video produced by Logan Reid)