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IN MANY PLACES, the past several years have ushered in a new era of discourse and parent engagement, empowering the voices of parents and citizens who may have previously stayed [...]

WORKING WITH a Texas school board that had had six superintendents in five years, I found it easy to say to the board members, 'Yall don't have a superintendent problem.' [...]

A FEW YEARS BACK, board member Martha Math (a pseudonym) stopped by my office to offer her advice to the superintendent on a new math curriculum adoption. A prominent professor [...]

WE'VE ALL SEEN school board members who call for a new or drastically revised policy each time a novel problem or dysfunction presents itself. One veteran superintendent told me years [...]

Whenever and wherever school superintendents congregate--whether it's the national superintendents' conference, state or regional meetings, or informal dinners --they spend much of their time sharing notes about the care and [...]

While responding to a series of prepared interview questions from seven individuals whom I hoped would pronounce me their choice as the next superintendent, the board of education asks the [...]

BY ALL ACCOUNTS CHRISTOPHER Steinhauser, superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District--a position the locally grown school reformer has held since 2002--is the right person for the job. Long [...]

To be a school superintendent in the United States today is to feel the pull of conflicting demands and competing ideologies. The demands of different interest groups are often readily [...]

Although it had taken him months to get an appointment with the superintendent, reporter Scott Wells still felt that the school district's approach to accountability suffered from a mind-boggling schizophrenia. [...]

California's ambiguous education governance system has been causing trouble in the system, causing the delay of some precious educational reforms. The state's current educational system is headed by Delaine Eastin, the state superintendent elected in 1994, and the Board of Education, headed by Yvonne Larsen. A review of education governance would reveal that such a structure of state education leadership has politicized education. To avoid any bickerings, elected superintendents and appointed boards must work within their constitutional roles. The superintendent may be superior to the state board but a landmark 1993 decision gave the latter more influence.

A high school student in Clinton Township, Mich., knew the way to influence her superintendent's snow day decision was through music. So Daniella Grainger, a member of her school choir, [...]

* The superintendent of Minneapolis public schools has pledged to eliminate the 'suspension gap': Administrators will work to 'aggressively reduce the disproportionality' between the suspension rate of 'black and brown' [...]

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: In the latest shakeup of her administration, Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has dismantled the long-held regional division of schools, redeployed top administrators, and hired a [...]

From The Charlotte Observer: As he tries to decide which schools will be closed in 2011-12, Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Superintendent Peter Gorman says he won't take 'the easy way' by merging [...]

From*aThe Philadelphia Inquirer: The*aPhiladelphia*aSchool District officials says students will be allowed to return to the*aHarambee Institute of Science and Technology*acharter school next week*anow that a nightclub has been removed from [...]

Boston School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson will make changes to her school assignment proposal after an analysis revealed unequal opportunities for students in different parts of the city. Johnson's initial […]

Superintendent Richard Carranza of Houston ISD led the first day of school at 268 of the district's 284 campuses on September 11 after disastrous flooding from Hurricane Harvey delayed opening [...]

In November, Seattle Public Schools' board passed Superintendent Larry Nyland's proposal to start school later in the morning. In 2016-17, most middle and high schools in the district will start [...]

To create a common vision and direction for a district, a superintendent must understand the perspectives of school board members, staff, parents, students, and community residents. As a first-year superintendent, [...]

The decision to open or close schools when there is a forecast of snow is a no-win situation. My first personal involvement in making the tough call dates back to [...]

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced a pilot program in August giving the state's 11th grade students the opportunity to take the ACT exam for free this school [...]

Earlier this year, a superintendent in Prince George's County, Md., was fired by the school board, temporarily reinstated after a Sunday evening circuit court session and redeemed by an antiquated [...]