Scholastic Music Performers to Command Center Stage at Conference’s Opening General Session
March is considered Music in Our Schools Month, and the AASA national conference in New Orleans will capture that distinction from the get-go. Attendees at General Session 1 on Thursday afternoon, March 6, will be treated to an explosion of sound and colorful visual elements in the convention center’s large assembly hall. Student performers from […]
High School Students in Lake Zurich, Ill., Get to Weigh on Their Administrators’ Thinking, Even When They’re Off at AASA’s Conference
Some 2,000 miles from the San Diego Convention Center, high schoolers Dennis, Eva, Emma, Lucas and Matthew gathered in a conference room in Lake Zurich, Ill., with an important message for school district leaders: Student voice matters. The five student leaders joining the conference via Zoom as the centerpiece of a Friday morning session “Nurturing […]
With Pandemic Forcing ‘Massive, Messy Change’ into K-12 Education, Conference Panel Advises School Leaders About Mobilizing Quickly to Keep Pace
From the abrupt shift to online instruction in 2020 to ChatGPT, the “Leading and Learning in a Digital Age for All Students” panel at the AASA national conference gave school leaders advice on how to grow with the times. The Friday morning panel was facilitated by Richard Culatta, CEO of ASCD/ISTE, who provided insight into […]
Letting Students Have a Say in School Policies and Practices Contributes to Heightened Engagement, Contend Panel of Superintendents
Three superintendent panelists talked about how student voice in school districts is almost invisible, yet it should be present everywhere. Michael Lubelfeld, superintendent of North Shore School District 112, Highland Park, Ill., was the main panelist of the student voice session on Thursday morning at the AASA National Conference on Education. Lubelfeld is passionate about […]
