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 […]
What Prevents Many Women from Reaching the Top Jobs in Education? A Pair of Veterans Tease Answers from Dozens of Others at Conference
Dozens of female principals and superintendents at the AASA’s National Conference on Education woke up early on Friday to discuss the hard issues they face in education leadership today. Attendees to the Thought Leader session titled “When Women Lead” found their spots in one of the circles of chairs, a departure from the usual theater-style […]
Panelists Target Postsecondary Options for Students with Strategies Beginning in the Elementary Grades
“Some of the pathways in today’s high schools are preparing students for yesterday’s jobs.” That’s how M. Ann Levett, superintendent of Savannah-Chatham Schools, Ga., opened her presentation Friday at the AASA national conference in Nashville. Joining her on the panel was Gene Bottoms, whose book Tomorrow’s High School: Creating Student Pathways for Both College and […]
Building Superintendent’s Advisory Council a First Step to Examine Diversity
School systems across the country are examining the scope of racial discrimination and injustices that exist in student discipline, hiring, instructional practices and opportunities for advanced placement courses. For Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation in Mishawaka, Ind., the work began in autumn 2019 when the school board member passed a resolution to end racial inequality in student […]
One Lesson of the Pandemic Delivered at AASA Conference Session: Listen to Your Stakeholders
As schools across the world recover from the past two pandemic years, administrators in Cajon Valley Schools in California are heeding the lessons of the pandemic. One lesson: Listen to stakeholders. After Cajon Valley shut down operations on March 13, 2020, it took Miyashiro’s team 14 days to realize they needed to find a way […]
[Video] Tammy Campbell Defines Courageous Leadership and Suggests Measures for Expressing It (3:15)
Tammy Campbell, CEO of The Scholar First in Seattle, Wash., and a former superintendent, discusses how district leaders have strategically woven equity throughout their schools’ policies and practices and central-office operations. (Video produced by Selah Oden)
[Video] Todd Ullah Wants to See Computer Science Taught in Every Elementary School (2:39)
Todd Ullah, executive director of the San Diego-based EDforTech Alliance, discusses the need for elementary schools to provide even the youngest students with skills to be logical thinkers, problem solvers, creators and collaborators. (Video filmed by Lifetouch and produced by Michael Ellson)
[Video] Superintendent Julie Vitale on the Need to Support LGBTQ Students (3:34)
As superintendent in Oceanside, Calif., Julie Vitale tries to provide effective support to LGBTQ students in her schools. She talked about some ways following her AASA conference session on the topic. (Video produced by Logan Reid)
[Video] Mike Lubelfeld: Incorporating Student Voice Allows Their Interests to be Reflected in Offerings (2:21)
At AASA’s 2022 National Conference on Education, Michael Lubelfeld, superintendent of North Shore School District 112 in Highland Park, Ill., talks about the critical need for student voice in our school systems. He says students are the primary stakeholders in a district and in their own educations. (Video produced by Selah Oden for Conference Daily […]