Advocacy & Policy Resources
Resources to help you make sense of the complex issues surrounding education policy and to support you in advocating for equitable access to high-quality public education for all.
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February 01, 2019
Structural Inefficiencies in the School-Based Medicaid Program Disadvantage Small and Rural Districts and StudentsType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Health & WellnessEnsuring all children have access to the school and community services necessary to meet their comprehensive health needs is a serious challenge for school leaders and a community imperative. -
November 01, 2018
Hoosier Lawmaker? Vouchers, ALEC Legislative Puppets, and Indiana’s Abdication of DemocracyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, EquityThis descriptive analysis explores the policy-bubble created when state legislators eschewed their constitutional responsibility -
March 01, 2018
Tweeting for Legislative AdvocacyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Technology & AIThrough his Twitter account, a superintendent has built a valuable network to reach constituents and policymakers to influence pro-public schooling legislation. -
January 01, 2018
The Congressional Ban on Gun Violence ResearchType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, School Safety & CybersecurityA personal experience from a superintendent who was held hostage in his office by an armed gunman -
August 01, 2017
School Reform Shortchanges Me: A Student's TakeType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyStudent writes open letter to Secretary DeVos. -
August 01, 2017
Our Perceptions of Education PolicyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyState legislatures repackage and tweak burdensome ideas of the past rather than granting flexibility to localities under the Every Student Succeeds Act. -
July 01, 2017
Collective Impact: What Does It Mean for Educational Leaders?Type:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyDue to local, state, and national accountability measures, school reform efforts have become critical of many legislative agendas. -
May 01, 2017
Public Loss Private Gain: How School Voucher Tax Shelters Undermine Public EducationType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, District & School Operations, Finance & BudgetsA report exposing how state and federal tax policy promotes the privatization of education funding, while simultaneously draining public coffers to enable savvy taxpayers to turn a profit. -
May 01, 2017
Criminal Justice Policy is Education PolicyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, EquityTwo Economic Policy Institute researchers on incarceration practices that directly bear on student outcomes. -
April 01, 2017
An Expanded Principle in Our AdvocacyTopics: Advocacy & Policy, Curriculum & Assessment, Technology & AIThe altered landscape in Washington heightens and broadens the advocacy role for AASA. -
April 01, 2017
Noelle Ellerson Ng on Rural Schools AdvocacyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Rural CommunitiesThe association's federal policy work for a full third of the nation's schools. -
February 01, 2017
FERPA's Collision With Social MediaType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Technology & AIDefining students’ education records broadly presents compliance challenges in the smartphone era. -
February 01, 2017
Reconnecting Practitioner and PolicymakerType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyIf the new federal education act is to offer a pathway for meaningful school improvement, it must forge a real partnership between state education agencies and local leaders. -
December 01, 2016
Ready or Not: A Broader DefinitionType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, College- Career- and Life-ReadinessMeasuring the readiness gap between graduates who meet benchmarks and those who hold a college degree -
December 01, 2016
Fragmenting of Our Neighborhoods by School ChoiceType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyA superintendent laments the negative ramifications of parental choice on his Michigan school district. -
November 01, 2016
Federal Impact on Professional DevelopmentType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Leadership DevelopmentThe passage of Every Student Succeeds Act opens up options for school districts to invest in teacher effectiveness, according to the executive director of Learning Forward. -
October 01, 2016
Facing the Facts: Why School Policies BackfireType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyAuthors of a new book finger the factors in a school district that lead to negative effects of well-intentioned efforts. Policy backfire, they say, is movement in the exact opposite direction of what was desired. -
October 01, 2016
Superintendent as AdvocateType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyHow you can influence federal education policy in as little as 15 minutes a month! AASA's associate executive director of policy and advocacy shares practical ways local education leaders can have an impact on legislation and funding proposals affecting students and schools. -
October 01, 2016
Never Hesitating to TestifyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyLegislative advocacy brings multiple rewards -
October 01, 2016
A Day of Education Advocacy on the HillType:Article Topics: Advocacy & PolicyThis is what a day looked like during Hill Day at AASA’s 2016 Legislative Advocacy Conference in July
The Leading Edge Blog
AASA's policy and advocacy blog, with up-to-date information about activities in Washington, DC.
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December 21, 2024
Appropriations Update - December 2025Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown. Here's what's next.
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December 19, 2024
AASA Executive Director David Schuler Named to USAC BoardToday, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel named 8 members to the USAC board of directors, including AASA Executive Director David R. Schuler.
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December 18, 2024
Privacy Update: The Powerful (but Little) Bill That Almost Was, but Won’t Be (For Now)Sen Markey today released a statement lamenting the inability of Congress to pass COPPA 2.0.
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