AASA’s Incoming President Sees a Model at Home for Students as Producers of Their Own Learning
Public education must modernize, AASA President-Elect Shari Camhi said at the 3rd General Session of AASA’s national conference in Nashville on Saturday. The basic approach to the curriculum and sequential structure of secondary education can be traced to a meeting in 1892, she said. But antiquated approaches cannot adequately prepare students to be successful in […]
Who’s Behind All the Conference News You Need to Know? One Hardy Band of Pros and Gung-ho Student Interns
The editor in charge sometimes refers to it as “the daily miracle.” He’s referring to the publication you’re looking at right now. For the several thousand AASA conference participants who’ve bounded about the Music City Center this week in Nashville, it’s known as Conference Daily Online, the newsy vehicle published by AASA that keeps everyone […]
Final Keynoters Fullan and Edwards Want Educators to Practice ‘Spirit Work’ to Raise School Culture
Start with making sure students know they are loved. That was the advice of two authors who have studied high performing school districts. Mark Edwards and Michael Fullan, co-authors of the book Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration, spoke at the 3rd General Session at AASA’s national conference on Saturday in Nashville. Edwards, a […]
Taking a Deep Dive into SEL, a Superintendents Panel Shares Ideas on How It Ought to Play Out in Schools
If the social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum for students, then the social curriculum must be part of the plan. Panelists representing a groundbreaking AASA initiative, known as Learning 2025, supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, made that point clear during a conference session Friday on social and emotional learning in K-12 […]
Ohio Superintendent Receives Save The Music Foundation Award at AASA Conference for her Support of the Arts
Elizabeth Lolli, superintendent of Dayton Public Schools in Dayton, Ohio, was named Saturday morning the 2022 recipient of the Save The Music Foundation’s 17th annual Administrator Award for Distinguished Support of Music Education. Because she was unable to attend the conference, the award was accepted on stage by Valarie Milligan, academic coordinator for music in […]
McNulty: Use the Tumult of the Pandemic to Find Better Ways of Educating Kids
Michael Conner and Ray McNulty want to revolutionize the way students learn after COVID-19. The duo encouraged AASA conference attendees Saturday morning to be future-focused and willing to create the change they see as necessary, instead of adapting to change imposed by others. “Adapting is not gonna help us,” said McNulty, president of the Successful […]
Seen & Heard Around the Conference: Stress Readings Among Attendees and a Trip Ticket South of the Border
A Stressful Bunch in the Crowds Maybe it was the overwhelming feelings of pressure back home that brought so many to Nashville this week. Preliminary results of a brief survey on superintendent stress promoted by AASA Executive Daniel Domenech at the 1st General Session showed more than three-quarters of respondents appear to be experiencing moderate […]
Get at the True Meaning of Equity to Make a Difference in Schools, Conference Panel Says
Two superintendents and two other administrators serving on a conference panel Friday discussed what courageous leadership means and why equity is necessary to improve schools and central offices. Tammy Campbell, superintendent of Federal Way Public Schools, Federal Way, Wash., was the main panelist at “Courageous Leadership: A Systems Approach to Equity” at the AASA National […]
His District’s Redefined Readiness Puts Career Pathways at the Center of Systemic Change
“Why talk about 21st-century skills when we’re a quarter of the way through it?” asked David Schuler, superintendent of High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, Ill. He posed that question during a Friday conference session titled “Transforming Schools with Redefining Ready! And Learning 2025” at the 2022 AASA national conference in Nashville. A shift […]
Users of AVID in Their Schools Testify to the Wide Ranging Benefits to Students and Staff
Robert Logan, senior regional director of AVID’s Eastern Region, moderated a panel of superintendents on their experience with AVID in their school districts. Joining Logan in the AASA national conference session Friday were Adrienne Battle, director of schools for Metro-Nashville in Tennessee; Roselyn Evans, director of high schools for Clarksville-Montgomery Schools in Tennessee; and Jeff […]