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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…
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
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,…
What public school administrators want from policy makers
We have little hope that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will be reauthorized prior to the elections. And that’s a shame, because there is substantial agreement between the two…
Column: It’s time to strengthen the P-16 continuum
If we are to realize President Obama’s goal of leading the world in the percentage of citizens who are college graduates, we will need to break down the barriers that…