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Articles by Dan Domenech
Daniel A. Domenech, AASA Executive Director, serves as national spokesperson and advocate for public education, superintendents and other school system leaders. He also provides thought leadership in the education arena through public appearances, media interviews and published articles. Is the chief executive officer for the association and staff liaison to the AASA governance structure.
What U.S. schools can learn from Russia
There is a tendency to beat up on our public schools based on the performance of American students on international tests. The impression that is created is that our schools…
Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership?
Recently, I had the unique opportunity to be one of a handful of males who sat in with a group of 300 women in school leadership when they convened in…
How to achieve true educational transformation
True transformation would be providing each child with a personalized education plan; teaching to the standards, not the test; abandoning seat time in favor of performance; doing away with grade…
Until we get rid of funding inequities, real education reform can’t happen
Many of our schools lack adequate financial support, and the public is willing to pay higher taxes to remedy the situation. The problem lies in the ways our schools are…
Ten tips for forging successful school-community partnerships
The American Association of School Administrators is a strong proponent for the education of the total child. What we mean by that is, we firmly believe that the schools…
Column: It’s time to blow up the current grade-level structure
I want to blow up K-12 education! Not the public school system, just the grade-level structure that has defined how our schools are organized since the 19th century. It served…
It’s time to blow up the current grade-level structure
I want to blow up K-12 education! Not the public school system, just the grade level structure that has regulated how our schools are organized since the 19th century. It…
Senate bill on the use of restraint would tie school leaders’ hands
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of seclusion and restraint, the very practice that has enabled many students with serious emotional or behavioral conditions…
Senate bill on the use of restraint would tie school leaders’ hands
In the 1990s I was the superintendent for an intermediate school agency that provided the special-education services for its component school districts. …
These core beliefs are critical to the success of U.S. public schools
AASA believes that public education is the cornerstone of democracy and a civil right. As such, we will aggressively defend against all actions that undermine public education, such as vouchers,…