Community Concurrence

State of the Superintendency

When superintendents nationwide were asked if the minority community had concerns that differed from the concerns of the majority community, superintendents were almost evenly divided.

An almost even split persisted for this question in AASA’s 2020 study regardless of demographics or school district size, except on one disaggregated measure. About 70 percent of urban superintendents reported the minority and majority communities were more likely to express divergent concerns.

Considerable differences emerged when the survey respondents shared their perceptions of the level of concern for specific issues by minority and majority community members. Policy development and student discipline were of greatest concern for the majority community, while diversity and educational equity were of greatest concern to the minority community.