AASA News

1-10 of 17

  • eSN-TV: AASA on ED's outreach to supes
    Fri, Mar 06, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    During the American Association of School Administrators' (AASA) annual conference held in San Francisco, Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of AASA, sat down with eSchool News' editor and publisher, Gregg Downey, to discuss AASA's role in the development of the stimulus package and eSchool News' Ninth Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards (TSSA). Key words: Daniel Domenech, AASA, TSSA, stimulus, superintendent [ Read More ]

  • AASA: Educate the 'total child'
    Tue, Mar 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    Three days after his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan reportedly called Dan Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, to arrange a conference call with 15 rural superintendents to hear what their needs were--and how the federal stimulus package could help meet those needs. Key words: arne duncan, department of education, american association of school administrators, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, education technology [ Read More ]

  • AASA hears what's about to disrupt schools
    Mon, Feb 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    If Harvard Business School's Clayton Christensen is right, half of all instruction will take place online within the next 10 years--and schools had better get into the online-learning market or risk losing their students to other providers. Key words: online learning, AASA, disruptive innovation [ Read More ]

  • Crisis survival tops agenda at AASA meeting
    Fri, Feb 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    The tanking economy and its devastating effect on education budgets, as well as the freshly signed economic stimulus package that promises billions of dollars in new money for cash-strapped schools, dominated the conversations on Day One of the American Association of School Administrators' annual conference in San Francisco. Key words: education budgets, education budget cuts, school budgets, economic stimulus package [ Read More ]

  • Saving school budgets in a recession
    Fri, Feb 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    Buying from large group contracts, aligning budgets with school improvement plans, starting an educational foundation, and mastering the art of passing school bond issues were among the strategies for surviving the current fiscal crisis discussed at the American Association of School Administrators' annual conference in San Francisco Feb. 19. Key words: school budgets, school budget cuts, schools and recession [ Read More ]

  • AASA speakers will focus on district improvement
    Thu, Feb 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    Speakers at AASA General Sessions are selected to build administrators' vision of the future and to explore how global trends, advancements in science, corporate management techniques and even imagination can help to move districts forward. Click here to view all this year's speakers. [ Read More ]

  • Explore San Francisco during AASA
    Thu, Feb 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    San Francisco offers an abundance of restaurants, attractions, and activities. Click here for AASA-specific information about San Francisco. Check out OnlyInSanFrancisco.com for more information. [ Read More ]

  • 'Innovation' the buzzword at AASA conference
    Wed, Feb 27, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  AASA
    Several key speakers at the American Association of School Administrators' annual conference in Tampa Feb. 14 to 17 seemed to agree that the old ways of rote memorization, standardized testing, and chalkboards are not what students need to succeed in today's schools and the world at large. [ Read More ]

 

1-10 of 17

dassa