Equity and Excellence atop the Menu as Always at the Dr. Effie H. Jones Memorial Equity Luncheon
“We can. We will. We must.” That was the message of award recipient Alena Zachery-Ross at the Dr. Effie Hall Jones Memorial Equity Lunch on Friday at AASA’s National Conference on Education. The annual luncheon, held at the AASA national conference, remembers Jones, who was a teacher, counselor and school administrator for 15 years and served […]
[Video] Keynote: Michele Gay Gives a Parent’s Perspective on School Safety (3:01)
Michele Gay, founder of Safe and Sound Schools, introduces listeners to her moving story regarding safety in public schools. She explores new training opportunities for students as well as staff and how to honor and remember those who have been lost in grave tragedies. This story was produced by Emercyn Randolph at the 2024 AASA […]
[Video] Meet AASA’s 2024 Women in School Leadership Honoree (2:47)
At the 2024 National Conference on Education, AASA’s Women in School Leadership honoree Deborah Wortham discusses what this recognition means to her as well as the professional rewards of being a member of AASA. This story was produced by Silas Bryant at the 2024 AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif.
Practical Thinking Behind Culturally Responsive School Leadership Shared by Three-Member Thought Leader Panel
Finding qualified, culturally responsive candidates to become the next principals of schools is a job made more difficult by a growing teacher and principal shortage. Mark Gooden, professor of educational leadership at Columbia University Teachers College, made the case for equity-centered principal pipelines as a solution in his research report “A Culturally-Responsive School Leadership Approach […]
Four Superintendents Share How They’ve Steered Their Districts Clear of ESSER’s Fiscal Cliff
Education leaders at the AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego gathered for an important conversation on Thursday, Feb. 15, about “Steering Clear of the Fiscal Cliff: Find the Path to Sustainable Revenue Streams Before ESSER Ends.” Doug Roberts, founder of the Institute for Education Innovation and facilitator of the hour-long session, began by […]
In K-12 Education, Consider Social Media’s Plusses Outweighing the Cons, a Superintendent Panel Enthusiastically Touts
With a title like “Social Media & Education: Oh My!,” you might have expected fireworks at this AASA conference panel discussion Thursday. If so, you would have been wrong. The panelists — Gustavo Balderas, superintendent of the Beaverton School District in Oregon; Steve Langford, Beaverton’s chief information officer; Nick Polyak, superintendent of the Leyden Community […]
[Video] Social Media and Education (1:52)
This session walked superintendents through both the positive and negative effects of social media on high school students, attesting to the community social media provides, as well as the importance of protecting students. This story was produced by Lyla Kelley at the 2024 AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif.
TED Talks by Kindergarteners? It’s All in the World of Work in Cajon Valley.
The leaders behind one innovative San Diego-area school district may have received top billing at the Thursday afternoon conference session “Career Development Begins in Kindergarten,” but it was a group of their high school and middle school students that stole the show. Five students from Cajon Valley Union School District in California took the mic […]
[Video] Career Development Begins in Kindergarten (2:01)
This workshop informed superintendents of the benefits of World of Work in El Cajon Valley in California and their goal to expose students to careers in tomorrow’s workforce early in their education. This story was produced by Silas Bryant at the 2024 AASA National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif.
Reclaiming the Narrative of What Public Education Delivers to Students Takes Diligence, Thought Leader Panel of Superintendents Testifies
First, the bad news. A recent UCLA survey asked school principals across the country if school boards and the public had opposed the teaching of any subjects. Race and racism? 50 percent said yes. LGBTQ issues? 48 percent had seen that. Social and emotional learning? 39 percent had seen that too. And guess what? “This […]