The finalists for 2025 Superintendent of the Year award from AASA, The School Superintendents Association hail from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Illinois.
Changes in presidential administrations always create some uncertainty in education and that became immediately evident in DA's most popular stories of 2024.
Johnston County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Bracy used ESSER dollars to pay for a high-quality, research-based curriculum, he says on the latest episode of the "Talking Out of School" podcast. Now, the move is paying off.
Amid the buzz, it's easy to lose sight of a critical truth: generative artificial intelligence has transformative potential but requires grounded leadership to unlock its value.
Too often, school board members point their fingers away from themselves, says this school board member. It's time for leadership to point the finger inward and ask, "What can we do better?"
The best leaders are those who know their strengths, embrace their team's diversity and adapt their play to meet the moment. For the goal is never personal glory, but collective victory.
Teacher unions across the state are using votes of no confidence in their superintendents—both formal and informal—to demonstrate growing dissatisfaction with leadership they argue is becoming more uncommunicative, inexperienced or out of touch with staff.
