Get at the True Meaning of Equity to Make a Difference in Schools, Conference Panel Says
Two superintendents and two other administrators serving on a conference panel Friday discussed what courageous leadership means and why equity is necessary to improve schools and central offices. Tammy Campbell, superintendent of Federal Way Public Schools, Federal Way, Wash., was the main panelist at “Courageous Leadership: A Systems Approach to Equity” at the AASA National […]
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 […]
Champions for Equity to Receive Effie Jones Humanitarian Award
Steven T. Webb, superintendent of Vancouver Public Schools, and the late Joe A. Hairston, former associate professor at Howard University and co-founder of the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy, will be recognized as Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award recipients at the 1st General Session of the AASA national conference in San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 13.
Effie Jones Luncheon Call: ‘Let Us Be Dissatisfied’
Charles H. F. Davis III began his keynote address midday Friday at the annual Effie H. Jones Memorial Luncheon in an unusual manner. He led the attendees through a rousing rendition of what’s widely considered the “black national anthem” – James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Davis, an assistant professor of clinical education […]
Three Champions for Equity in K-12 Schooling to Receive AASA’s Effie Jones Humanitarian Award
Three educators, including a past president of AASA, have been named the 2019 honorees for the Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award, which will be given at the AASA National Conference on Education’s 1st General Session on Thursday, Feb. 14, in Los Angeles.