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.
Superintendent Jose Dotres said the 13,000-student drop stems from a sharp decline in newly arriving immigrant families, lower kindergarten enrollment due to birth rates and more students transferring to private schools.
For those of us who sit in the superintendent's chair, the year is not a straight line. It is a series of cycles, each with its own tempo, tone and tension.
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.
CoSN's2025-2026 broadcast season begins with a two-part series focused on the Driving K-12 Innovation Report, which identifies the hurdles, accelerators and technology enablers impacting education today.
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.