AASA Mission Statement
AASA, The School Superintendents Association advocates for equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education, and develops and supports school system leaders.
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Strategies: For School System Leaders on District-Level Change
The Panasonic Foundation, in cooperation with AASA, The School Superintendents Association, has developed a series of issue briefs to assist school leaders with district-level change.
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The State of Educational Equity and Inequity in Schools Panel
The Education Writers Association had a panel featuring Howard Fuller (Professor, Marquette University) , Catherine Lhamon (chairwomen, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights) and Pedro Noguera (Professor, UCLA). It was moderated by Steve Drummond, education reporter at NPR.
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"Brown v Board and a New Generation": Dan Domenech Blog Post
In observance of the 64th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education, AASA's Executive Director, Dan Domenech wrote a blog post on the importance of a quality public education.
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Equity Thought Bubbles
Superintendents and other school system leaders were asked "What does equity mean to you?". Read some of their responses.
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Equity Publications
The following issues of AASA's award-winning monthly magazine, School Administrator, focus on subjects related to equity. In addition, School Governance and Leadership (SG&L) is a topical periodic publication produced by AASA's Children's Programs Department. SG&Ls share specific results or findings from work on initiatives such as alternative school breakfast and children's health insurance.
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Multimedia Library on Equity
Access a video library, which includes interviews with superintendents on how to rethink discipline. Read blogs posts related to equity. Listen to a radio segment featuring Matthew Utterback, AASA's 2017 Superintendent of the Year on the importance of equity in his school district.
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Webinars About Equity
Access webinars focused on equity. Topics include the importance of women in school leadership, the health risks of lead in schools' drinking water, and leveraging ESSA so every student can succeed.
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AASA Equity Publications

School Administrator

Magazine Issues

The following issues of AASA's award-winning monthly magazine, School Administrator, focus on subjects related to equity.

Have stories from your district related to equity? Read School Administrator's author guidelines to learn how to submit your manuscripts.

November 2017 Special Reprint of School Administrator

Click here for an downloadable PDF Version.

Women in School Leadership Articles in School Administrator

AASA's initiative, More than a Power Lunch: Building Networks to Support and Advance Women in School Leadership, was featured in the June 2017 School Administrator. The purpose of the project is to help mitigate the impact of social barriers women face in ascending to the top leadership positions within our school systems and to significantly increase the number of women seeking and becoming CEOs and superintendents of schools. Read the articles.

July 2019, Health and Hunger through the Lens of Race, Ethnicity and Culture

Captured in this publication are the words of African-American, Latinx and Asian-American parents, students, school system leaders and other administrators that reflect the impact of race, ethnicity and culture on health and hunger. This publication was produced by AASA's Children's Programs Department and came from our work, through the support of the Walmart Foundation, to provide funding and technical assistance to 30 districts, feeding more than 400,000 students. Click here to read.

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July 2019, Leaders Matter: Superintendent Leadership for School Breakfast

With funding from the Walmart Foundation since 2011, AASA's Children's Programs Department has provided assistance to 30 districts over four cohorts, feeding more than 400,000 students. Featured in this publication are school leaders who represent each cohort, sharing their thoughts on the importance of school breakfast to student success. Click here to read.

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School Governance and Leadership Publications

School Governance and Leadership (SG&L) is a topical periodic publication produced by AASA's Children's Programs Department. They share specific results or findings from work this department has done or are doing. Since 2013, the Children's Programs Department published two SG&Ls on Alternative School Breakfast and an SG&L on children's health insurance.

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AASA Mission Statement

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AASA EQUITY GOAL

To position AASA as an equity thought leader in education

AASA, The School Superintendents Association, advocates for the highest quality public education for all students, and develops and supports school system leaders. AASA provides a collection of resources on Equity for school system leaders at all levels to help them and their teams succeed.

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AASA Bylaws, Beliefs and Position Statements

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AASA Bylaws, Beliefs and Position Statements are the primary documents that describe AASA’s structure and reflect the organization’s philosophy and approach to major issues in education.

Equity and Diversity School leaders have a responsibility to create school cultures that recognize and value diversity.

AASA Bylaws (PDF)
AASA Belief and Position Statements (PDF) (updated Feb. 2014)
AASA Code of Ethics (PDF version for download)

National, state-level and district-level resources to help those impacted.

AASA served as a national network in our efforts to help those who have been impacted by these devastating storms. Visit our resource page for a clearinghouse of tools and resources.

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What Does Equity Mean to You?

AASA is looking for stories, quotes, reports, videos or photos on Equity.

Email us at webmaster@aasa.org

NABSE and ALAS

Two organizations that serve African American and Latino students, respectively.

The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) is the nation's premier non-profit organization devoted to furthering the academic success for the nation's children - particularly children of African descent. http://www.nabse.org/aboutus.html

ALAS is the premier professional organization for superintendents and administrators who serve Latino students. They are committed to identifying, recruiting, developing and advancing Latino school administrators in order to improve the educational accomplishments of Latino youth.http://www.alasedu.org/

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