Female leaders are now taking the helm of several districts
Interim superintendents in South Carolina, Illinois and New Jersey were promoted to the full-time position in another busy week of hiring.
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Leaders forced to close more schools by 2 big concerns
Wichita Public Schools in Kansas will close six schools to cover a $42 million budget shortfall as San Francisco’s superintendent declares “We must have fewer schools than we do now.”
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New group of superintendent hires reflects diversity—to a degree
Administrators from underrepresented groups and women are stepping up but white men continue to represent the majority of new superintendents picked by school boards.
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School boards are now spending more time on these 5 topics
Is your school board focused on the same topics that are of growing concern at their counterparts’ meetings in other districts and states?
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Superintendent’s Playbook: Interviewing at a new district? Leave your vision at the door
When Neil Gupta was interviewing for the top spot at Ohio’s Oakwood Schools this time last year, he was asked what his vision for the district was. Can leaders provide such a response without conversing with their community first?
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Few are talking about superintendent mental health. Leaders want that to change
In an era of high stress and turnover at the top, several leaders are sharing their strategies for remaining energized and in touch with the reasons they became educators.
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Pace of new superintendent hiring is not slowing down
Dayton and Great Falls public schools promote from within while at least three superintendents have found new homes in the past week.
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School choice: How to co-opt the concept and keep it within your district
Superintendent Roger Freeman has coopted the school choice concept within his K-8 district by replacing traditional attendance zones with a series of career-focused academies.
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Here are the administrators who just landed new superintendent posts
Three urban districts choose new leaders as several small school systems are giving administrators their first opportunity to serve as superintendent.
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How to build schools: Help your community tell its story
“We worked on creating the story with the people of the community—it’s their story. Community members wrote their own story of what they wanted their community to look like for their children,” Superintendent Jennifer Lowery says.
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