First Official Fun Run/Walk in Years Draws More Than 130 Participants in the Pre-Dawn Hour
A little wind had nothing on the National Conference on Education’s Official 5-kilometer Fun/Run Walk during the predawn hour on Thursday. More than 130 walkers and runners took to the streets around the convention center in San Antonio and the Alamodrome to log some smiles and miles ahead of the first official day of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
[Video] Meet the Candidates for 2023-24 President-Elect of AASA (1:08)
Oregon superintendent Gustavo Balderas and Nevada superintendent David Jensen are running for the 2023-24 president-elect of AASA. The candidates provided remarks at the AASA Governing Board meeting on the eve of the 2023 National Conference on Education.
[Video] A Message from Shari Camhi to Superintendents at the 2023 National Conference on Education (2:53)
Shari Camhi, superintendent of the Baldwin (N.Y.) Union Free School District and the president of AASA, discusses why it’s critically important for school to be future driven; the importance of self-care and the value of networking with like-minded colleagues across the country. Camhi’s comments came at the AASA 2023 National Conference on Education, in San […]
Strategies Shared with Pre-Conference Workshop Participants on Building Resilient School Leaders and Schools
How do you create safe spaces for adults and children in your school system as they learn and interact together? An AASA preconference session Wednesday on Mindful Leadership and Resilience: Leading with Well-Being in Mind offered insights and strategies to answer that question for a group of highly engaged superintendents and school leaders at the […]