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Overcoming Barriers: Leadership, Culture, and the Bridge Between Policy and Practice
15+ hour, 21+ min ago (149+ words) New Toolkits: Public Education Promise Appears in 2026 Summer Journal of Scholarship and Practice In my current role working with school superintendents in New York and doctoral students at my university, I am attuned to the many challenges that today's leaders…...
Higher Purpose in Leading Deeper Learning
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (138+ words) AASA, The School Superintendents Association Higher Purpose in Leading Deeper Learning This study considers the leadership behaviors and cultural conditions necessary for deeper learning to thrive amidst the many challenges faced in the pursuit of deeper learning in schools. Multiple…...
Overcoming Barriers to Restorative Practices Implementation: What District Leaders Can Do
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (113+ words) AASA, The School Superintendents Association Overcoming Barriers to Restorative Practices Implementation: What District Leaders Can Do Restorative practices (RP) are increasingly written into discipline policy. RP has demonstrated improvements in school discipline, relationships, and climate but implementation challenges exist. This…...
UPDATE: Department of Education Final Rule on Reimagining and Improving Student Education
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (524+ words) AASA, The School Superintendents Association UPDATE: Department of Education Final Rule on Reimagining and Improving Student Education Senior Government Affairs Manager, AASA, The School Superintendents Association UPDATE: On June 24, a court temporarily blocked the U. S. Department of Education from applying these…...
The Budgetary Impact of Health Care Costs on School Districts
1+ week, 3+ day ago (176+ words) New Toolkits: Public Education Promise Healthcare costs have surged in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, placing substantial financial pressure on U. S. public school systems. As school districts devote an increasingly larger share of their budgets to healthcare expenditures, fewer resources…...
Building a Strong Community: A Plan to Respond to Student Needs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (641+ words) AASA, The School Superintendents Association Building a Strong Community: A Plan to Respond to Student Needs Superintendent of Schools, Oxford School District (Miss.) Strong communities breed strong schools, and strong schools breed strong communities; schools and communities work in tandem…...
Indiana Becomes Third State Approved for ESEA Waiver
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (479+ words) This week, the Dept. of Education approved a waiver for Indiana under ESEA. Indiana joins two other States who have been approved for similar waivers, Louisiana and Iowa, but Indiana's waiver includes the broadest flexibility that ED has approved so…...
OSERS and OCR Will Move Out of ED
2+ week, 1+ day ago (39+ words) AASA, The School Superintendents Association OSERS and OCR Will Move Out of ED Director, Advocacy, AASA, The School Superintendents Association Subscribe via RSS feed below. Learn more about RSS feeds here....
Why Teacher Leadership Matters for Lasting School Improvement
2+ week, 2+ day ago (350+ words) New Toolkits: Public Education Promise Math Specialist, Willow Brook Elementary School (Tenn.) I spent time listening to teachers and meeting them where they were. What I didn't fully grasp at the time was what it takes to create instructional change....
The Last Chapter Shapes the First: Why Ending Strong Matters
2+ week, 5+ day ago (172+ words) New Toolkits: Public Education Promise GHS Class of 2026 Seniors relaxing at the beach at their annual Senior trip. The best school leaders learn to recognize the rhythms of that life. They know how to open a year with optimism, purpose,…...