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How this nationally recognized superintendent is ‘building champions’ by opening doors

Micah Ward -
"We're changing lives," says Alabaster City School District Superintendent Wayne Vickers who declares they're looking at a 99% graduation rate this year. Here's how he's turned the district from "good" to "great."

K12 turnover keeps school boards busy hiring new superintendents

Matt Zalaznick -
In New York, Superintendent Carmine Peluso is moving to the Churchville-Chili Central School District from the Rochester City School District. Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan has promoted interim leader Jazz Parks to become its next superintendent

Female leaders are now taking the helm of several districts

Matt Zalaznick -
Interim superintendents in South Carolina, Illinois and New Jersey were promoted to the full-time position in another busy week of hiring.

‘No big deal’: How one superintendent is embracing AI

Matt Zalaznick -
"Kids are already using it," Superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez says. "To them, it's no big deal. It's us making a big deal of it, and causing it to be more than it really is."

Fresh perspectives: The latest round of newly installed superintendents are first-timers

Matt Zalaznick -
K12 leaders are switching places but a majority of the new hires in about a dozen districts are getting their first chance at the top spot.

Superintendent salaries are being outpaced by inflation amid high demand

Micah Ward -
That's according to The School Superintendents Association's annual salary and benefits study, which suggests that the median salary in 2023 was $7,000 less than it was in 2013.

Running the rec department is a big reward for one superintendent

Matt Zalaznick -
"It's a perfect setup," Waterford Graded School District Superintendent Tony Spence says. "It’s not just an outreach to members of the community who are already in the schools, it’s an outreach to those who are beyond."

‘Talking Out of School’ podcast: Here comes the 100 Superintendent March

Micah Ward and Matt Zalaznick -
In this episode, three superintendents describe how they will "represent marginalized communities as well as all communities across the U.S." when they make their voices heard at the White House and in Congress next week.

New group of superintendent hires reflects diversity—to a degree

Matt Zalaznick -
Administrators from underrepresented groups and women are stepping up but white men continue to represent the majority of new superintendents picked by school boards. 

What superintendents agree is the greatest barrier to progress in 2024

Micah Ward -
Chronic absenteeism, student misbehavior, accelerated learning and youth mental health are some of their biggest priorities this year. But one crisis in particular is slowing down progress in all of these areas.

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