Superintendent Teresa Hill admits she is "a recovering superwoman." At the upcoming Leadhership Network for Women conference, she will encourage others to join her.
The sprawling district no longer has any F-rated schools. That's one way Superintendent Mike Miles says the narrative about large urban systems is changing.
The superintendent’s job has never been this public, politicized or personal. If you haven’t clarified the actual problem, no solution—no matter how polished—will move your system forward.
When Superintendent Travis Hamby shares what sounds like an unusual ambition, it's another way of describing how he is experimenting with new educational models.
When you run a very small district, with just 700 students, resources can be an issue. On the other hand, the size—or lack of it—makes for very strong relationships.
Superintendent Antonio Shelton learned on the job at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District that preparedness begins with building relationships before the crisis occurs
You might see Superintendent Jeanne Siegenthaler shoveling snow, serving lunch or helping custodians clean her district's single building during the summer. She's also in charge of social media.
Traffic in front of a school is a "great problem to have"—especially on a Saturday, says Superintendent Tahira Dupree Chase of New York's Westbury Union Free School District.
Superintendent Jeni Gotto and Westminster Public Schools are so accomplished at competency-based education that she has literally written the book on it.
Gonsoulin is superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Alabama, the state's second-largest district, and previously led Fairfield City Schools.
If you want students to embark on aeronautics or aviations careers, put a school at the local airport. That's what Toledo Public Schools and Superintendent Romules Durant did.
Tony Watlington, leader of The School District of Philadelphia, was named Superintendent of the Year at this week's 2025 District Administration National Awards Program ceremony.
Superintendent turnover has been making headlines over the last few years. The good news is that superintendents on the move are most likely to leave of their own volition.
A superintendent's work is professional and personal for Raymond Sanchez, who leads the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns in the suburbs just north of New York City.
The whiteboard in Superintendent Renee Nugent's office at USD 409 Atchison Public Schools reflects one of her top priorities: her schedule of school and classroom visits.
The Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union on Vermont's Canadian border took the extra step of letting high school students help craft its portrait of a graduate."
After former superintendent Matt Wayne's resignation last week, San Francisco USD moved quickly to hire Maria Su, who had been the executive director of the city's Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for the last 15 years.
Guthrie Public Schools had failed on nine straight bond elections before Superintendent Mike Simpson arrived more than a decade ago. Simpson just passed his third straight bond since 2014, with nearly three-quarters of the vote.
When a district is going through major changes—and making major changes—the leader has to be highly visible in supporting staff and connecting with the community, Joseph Goho says in this edition of "Superintendent Speaks Out."
Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the highest-ranking Latina and Spanish-speaking leader in New York City Public Schools, will become the next chancellor of the nation's largest district.
A solid after-action review will help you make early mid-course corrections, shift resources to cover unanticipated needs, support principals and improve next year’s planning.
Time is not something most superintendents have to spare. A new report examines the reasons for that situation, along with the top stressors for K12 leaders and their levels of job satisfaction.
Traditionally, districts start each K12 budgeting cycle by taking last year’s spending plan and deciding what needs to change. Frankly, that’s an outdated approach, argues one expert.
Harrisburg School District is among the districts the picked a new leader in recent weeks. Benjamin Henry, now the regional assistant superintendent of Polk County Schools in Florida, will takes the Pennsylvania district on Nov. 1.
