[Video] How to Build a Community Partnership Between a School District and Faith Leaders (3:37)
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
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
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 […]
Conference Newsroom Staff Does It All Over Again, Pulling Off Daily Miracle in San Antonio
Take nine student journalists between the ages of 16 and 20 and toss in a couple of seasoned communication professionals from far-flung locations plus a trio of AASA staff members who know the routines. Mix together and shake well for a dynamic potion that’s resulted the past three days in the 2023 edition of Conference […]
Conference’s Final Keynote Address Stresses Importance of Leadership and Literacy in a Future-Focused School Environment
Moving forward with a future focus is imperative, but not at the expense of disregarding “what we know works,” said Sue Szachowicz, in delivering the final keynote address during the 3rd General Session Saturday of the 2023 AASA National Conference on Education in San Antonio. Drawing on her vast experience in public education from high […]
She Came to San Antonio for a Conference, But She’ll be Heading to Guatemala on a Mission
Susan Harkin, who is attending the AASA national conference from her base in suburban Chicago, will have the chance to travel in the next year to Central America, an excursion that definitely was not on her radar when she journeyed to San Antonio earlier this week. Harkin, the superintendent of Community Unit School District 300 […]
Still Time to Turn Around Teacher Shortage While Conditions Are ‘Bending But Not Yet Broken,’ Conference Panel Reports
Strategies for teacher recruitment and retention, a growing concern among school leaders across the nation, were discussed in a Saturday session at the National Conference on Education in San Antonio. Sy Doan, associate policy researcher at RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif., was accompanied by Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan. The […]
[Video] School System Leaders Applaud AASA’s 2023 National Conference on Education (3:45)
This short video contains praise from a few of the school system leaders who attended AASA’s 2023 National Conference on Education, held in San Antonio, Texas.
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: One Talented Performer on All Fields and Hot Book Sellers at the Conference
Talented in Words and Deeds One of the youngest members of the reporting staff at this year’s AASA conference proved she carries assorted skills at a high level. After logging a nine-hour workday Friday as a reporting intern for Conference Daily Online, Emma Siebold, a senior at Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas, […]
[Video] Teacher Recruitment and Retention (2:32)
In this session, a Michigan superintendent offered attendees advice on providing a quality teacher workforce that improves the educational opportunities for all students. This story was produced by Silas Bryant at the 2023 AASA Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read more.