How Superintendents Relate to Their DEI Coordinators Will Dictate What Progress is Possible in School Districts
Within the past few years, diversity, equity and inclusion has become a national hot topic for local school districts and their communities. Consequently, many school administrators have created DEI leadership positions within their districts, but this has not made progress any easier. At an AASA conference session on Thursday about the relationship between superintendents and […]
Exhibit Hall’s Inaugural School Safety Lab Moves an Already High Priority to Central Focus for School Leaders
Few questions are more important, yet few answers are more elusive than this: How can schools ensure the safety of students, teachers and staff? In the post-Columbine/Sandy Hook/Marjorie Stoneman Douglas era, it’s a perplexing issue that every superintendent places at the top of the agenda today. AASA’s 2024 national conference recognizes that priority with a […]
Joe Gothard of St. Paul, Minn., Named 2024 National Superintendent of the Year at AASA Conference’s 1st General Session
Joe Gothard, who has served as superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools in St. Paul, Minn., since 2017, was crowned Thursday afternoon as the 2024 National Superintendent of the Year. He becomes the 37th recipient of the profession’s highest honor. The announcement was made at the 1st General Session of AASA’s National Conference on Education […]
Federal Relations Lunch Crowd Digests a Journalist’s Tale of School Choice in America
Pulitzer Prize-winning education journalist Cara Fitzpatrick gave attendees plenty to chew on during her remarks on the school choice movement that highlighted Thursday’s Federal Relations Luncheon, sponsored by Navigate 360. Fitzpatrick, an editor at the nonprofit education news organization Chalkbeat, provided an overview of her book The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the […]
[Video] Joe Gothard: 2024 National Superintendent of the Year® (3:10)
In this short video, Joe Gothard, superintendent of Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools, shared his reaction after being named the 2024 National Superintendent of the Year® at AASA’s National Conference on Education.
[Podcast] The Potential of Artificial Intelligence feat. Bill Daggett
Bill Daggett, founder of the Successful Practices Network and the International Center for Leadership in Education, says we’re at a tipping point, something he’s seen twice in his career. The first big wave was a Nation at Risk. The second was No Child Left Behind. Now, he says that artificial intelligence is going to drive […]
AASA’s Governing Board Ratifies Modest Dues Increase and ‘Marching Orders’ for Federal Priorities in Year Ahead
AASA’s membership dues will take a modest tick upward in the next year, one of the principal actions taken by the association’s Governing Board at its meeting in San Diego on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The governing body also formally ratified AASA’s federal legislative agenda for 2024 and the Beliefs and Position Statements. These actions were […]
With Giddy Delight, Schuler Delivers His First State of the Association Report to AASA’s Governing Board
In his inaugural state-of-the-association speech, Executive Director David Schuler shared with the Governing Board on Wednesday morning a blizzard of initiatives that AASA is advancing to better address the field of school system leadership and the greater challenges of serving students’ academic and associated needs. In a 45-minute address to about 115 members of AASA’s […]
Veteran Members from Alabama, Minnesota and Montana Emerge as the Official Contenders for the 2024 AASA Presidency
The election season for the AASA presidency this winter will be an especially competitive one. Three veteran members of the association, hailing from Alabama, Minnesota and Montana, emerged from the AASA Governing Board meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 14, as the official candidates for AASA’s highest elected office. The three candidates are David Law of Minnesota, […]
My First AASA National Conference on Education
I’ve been a Superintendent for almost 7 years now and an AASA member for a bit longer than that — and I’ve never been to a National Conference on Education. I’ve come close a couple of times, but for some unexpected reasons, I’ve needed to back out at the last minute. Not this time. And […]