Equity: A ‘Work in Progress’
This year’s AASA International Seminar is special. The delegation includes current AASA President Deb Kerr, President-elect Kristi Sandvik and Past-presidents Pat Neudecker, Amy Sichel and Gail Pletnick.
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Equity on Visible Display in Ecuador
By Daniel A. Domenech/School Administrator, January 2019 FOR MANY YEARS, AASA has conducted its international seminar to provide our members with the opportunity to see education up close and personal in countries across the world. I first participated in the … Continue reading
Charging Forward for SEL
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No one knows more than a superintendent or any district administrator that the demand for social and emotional learning from states and school systems is at an all-time high. Action to address the individual needs of our students has never … Continue reading
Nashville Postscript: A Few Reflections and a Heartfelt Thank You to our ‘Heroes’
Since the conclusion of the 2022 edition of AASA’s National Conference on Education, I’ve had a few reflections I’ve been meaning to share. Superintendents tell me they’re still beaming over February’s convening in Nashville. Whether you were among the record … Continue reading
Music City, Here I Come!
Two years ago, when we said goodbye following the conclusion of our National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif., no one could have ever imagined the topsy-turvy world that we were heading into. That seems like a lifetime ago. … Continue reading
Make Taking Care of Yourself a Mantra for 2022
What seems like a lifetime ago, my good friend Pedro Noguera, the current dean of the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, delivered the keynote address at the AASA-Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy Inaugural Conference in 2015. Whether … Continue reading
AASA Learning Recovery & Redesign Guidance
School districts across the nation are facing an unprecedented challenge in School Year 2021-22: how to effectively and equitably recover from the impacts of COVID-19 while still navigating an ongoing pandemic. At the same time, this moment also presents unprecedented … Continue reading
A San Diego Serenade, AASA Style
In an era when criticism of public education is constantly spewing from all corners of the nation, my message to the more than 3,400 school system leaders last week at the 2020 AASA National Conference on Education was simple: American … Continue reading
Celebrating Public Education in San Diego
Our country soon kicks off a weeklong celebration on behalf of the more than 50 million students who are learning and growing in our nation’s public schools. Throughout Public Schools Week 2020 (Feb. 24-28), school systems large and small will … Continue reading
Economic Reconsideration of the College Track
By Daniel A. Domenech/School Administrator, June 2019 I RECENTLY HAD the opportunity to travel to Warsaw, Poland, where I gave a presentation titled “It’s Just Not About a College Degree” at the Council of Eastern European Schools Association. This is hardly a … Continue reading