Women Education Leaders Meet in California for the 2016 AASA-ACSA Women In School Leadership Forum

"Leadership is the ability to influence people in a positive direction," said Joanne Quinn, director of Whole System Change and Capacity Building. "We have to figure out how are we going to make people move from the impossible to possible." Read more here.

Pop Singer Shares Anti-Bullying Message at Women In School Leadership Forum

"It's an honor to be here. My story is not all happy," said pop star Meredith O'Connor in her opening speech at Day No. 2 of the Women In School Leadership Forum at Newport Beach, Calif. Read more.

Two Superintendents are Selected as Candidates for AASA 2017 President-Elect

Get to know Dallas Dance, superintendent, Baltimore County Schools, Towson, Md., and Chris Gaines, superintendent, Mehlville School District, St. Louis, Mo., who were nominated as the candidates for AASA president-elect, 2017 at the July Governing Board meeting. Learn more about both candidates by looking at their videos, bios and additional information. Updates will be added as the campaign continues. Voting begins on March 3, 2017.

Confronting Suicide

AASA’s September 2016 issue examines student mental health and wellness with stories about Palo Alto’s rebound from a cluster of student suicides, how exercise impacts the student brain and a small Iowa district that squelched defeatist attitudes with happiness. Also, a Legal Brief on reverse compensation for attorneys in special education disputes and how superintendents can expand their professional learning network via #SuptChat.

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Sign Up for NCE Pre-Conference Workshops: Intensive, Topic-Specific and Full of Immediate Best Practices

Planning your travel to New Orleans for AASA’s 2017 National Conference on Education? Arrive Wednesday for a pre-conference workshop. These intensive learning opportunities send you home with immediate best practices. Topics include effective principals, academic equity, principal supervision and more. Sessions can be added during pre-registration. Learn more and register for the conference.

AASA Children's Programs Department Works with USED & HHS to #InsureAllChildren

As students begin the new school year, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are calling on states and districts to help enroll students in healthcare coverage during school registration processes and ensure students have access to the health coverage they need. Find the full Health Enrollment Toolkit at insureallchildren.org. Follow #InsureAllChildren on Twitter. 

School Administrator Highlights Video

School Administrator magazine is happy to announce a new monthly feature: video highlights!

Watch highlights of this month's issue about confronting suicide in this YouTube video [1:28].

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