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AASA welcomes requests from members of the press. To reach K-12 public education specialists on our staff or speak with local school leaders across the United States, contact Kitty Porterfield, communications & media relations, 703-875-0723, kporterfield@aasa.org. 

Current Press Releases

• Closing the Gap: Turning SIS/LMS Data into Action - Feb. 3, 2012

• Researchers Discuss Impact of Handwriting Instruction on Children at Handwriting Educational Summit in Washington, DC - Jan. 25, 2012

• Domenech Named to CNA Board of Trustees- Jan. 19, 2012

• 2012 Superintendent of the Year Finalists Discuss Education Issues - Jan. 8, 2012

• Four Finalists Selected for the 2012 National Superintendent of the Year Program - Jan 3, 2012

• “Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit” Set for Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C. - Nov. 30, 2011
  
• Walmart Foundation Provides Major Funding to AASA: School Breakfasts for 65,000 Eligible Students - Nov. 16, 2011
  
• NAESP and AASA Formalize Collaboration and Space Agreements - Nov. 11, 2011
  
• American Association of School Administrators Names Ailshie to Governing Board - Nov 1, 2011 
  
• Finalists for 2012 AASA Women in School Leadership Award - Oct. 20, 2011
  
• AASA Continues To Urge Regulatory Relief, Statement Concerning Obama NCLB Plan - Sept. 23, 2011
  
• New Initiative to Make Data Work: AASA, CoSN and Gartner Announce Collaboration Program to Benefit Schools - Sept. 21, 2011
  

• AASA Supports Obama Jobs Proposals - Sept. 9, 2011

• AASA and NSBA: DOE Waiver Plan the Wrong Answer - Aug. 10, 2011

• American Association of School Administrators Executive Director Named Learning First Alliance Chair - July 21, 2011

• AASA Installs President and President-Elect for 2011-12 - July 14, 2011

• Atlanta Test Score Investigation: A Statement from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) - July 14, 2011

• Groundbreaking Partnership Will Revamp Teacher Workforce. - June 29, 2011

• AASA and NSBA released the following statement in response to recent opposition to the joint AASA/NSBA resolution calling for ESEA regulatory relief for the 2011‐12 school year. - June 10, 2011

• New AASA Study Projects Substantial Job Cuts in Schools for 2011-12 - May 24, 2011
• AASA Offers Professional Learning Around Strategic Compensation as Educational Improvement Strategy - May 5, 2011
• Leading Education Organizations Join Together to Promote High Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education - May 3, 2011
• AASA New President-Elect and Executive Committee Members Elected - Apr. 8, 2011
• School Principals and Administrators Join with MADD to Urge Families to Start Talking About Alcohol - Apr. 7, 2011
• AASA and NSBA Launch Childhood Asthma Guide - March 29, 2011
• Beaufort County, S.C., Superintendent Receives AASA 2011 Women in School Leadership Award - Feb. 18, 2011
• California Superintendent Marc Johnson Named AASA 2011 Superintendent of the Year - Feb. 17, 2011
• AASA and Lightspeed Announce Winners of Digital Learning Award - Feb. 17, 2011
• AASA Scholarships Awarded to Seven Top Graduate Students - Feb. 13, 2011
• Two Respected Educators Receive 2011 Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award - Feb. 13, 2011
• 2011 AASA Architectural Awards to Manassas Park (VA) Elementary School and the Energy Laboratory, Hawaii, Preparatory Academy, Feb. 17 – Feb. 13, 2011
• Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent James A. Williams Receives 6^th Annual Award for Distinguished Support of Music – Feb. 13, 2011
• AASA Cites Three Veteran School Leaders for Service – Feb. 13, 2011
• Diane Ravitch Receives American Education Award – Feb. 13, 2011
• Education Reform Key Topic at 2011 AASA National Conference on Education, Denver, Colo., Feb. 17-19 - Jan 24, 2011
• Vancouver Public Schools Receives 2011 Leadership Through Communication Award - Jan 6, 2011

• Four Finalists Selected for the 2011 National Superintendent of the Year Program - Jan. 5, 2011

• Latest AASA Survey Finds Schools Bracing for Continued Budget Cuts - Dec. 16, 2010

• 10-Year Study on the American School Superintendent Released - Dec. 8, 2010

• Finalists for 2011 AASA Women in School Leadership Award - Nov. 12, 2010
• Joint Press Release by the American Federation of Teachers, the National PTA, America’s Promise Alliance and the American Association of School Administrators on Redoubling Efforts To Protect Children From Bullying - Oct. 14, 2010
• AASA Releases Results of PDK/Gallup Poll Questions - Sept. 4, 2010
• AASA Responds to Senate Ed Jobs Funding Vote - Aug. 4, 2010
• AASA Installs President and President-Elect for 2010-2011 - July 29, 2010
• Media Advisory: School Leaders Gather in Washington, DC, for Summer Leadership Institute - July 23, 2010
• New AASA Analysis Quantifies Costs and Benefits of Emergency Education Funding - June 22, 2010
• Leading Educational Organizations Release Guiding Principles for Teacher Compensation Programs - May 20, 2010
• Spectrum K12, NASDSE, CASE, and AASA Announce 2010 Response to Intervention Adoption Survey Report -
  May 20, 2010
• Beverly Hall, Atlanta School Superintendent, Appointed to AASA Leadership Position - May 17, 2010
• New AASA Survey Finds 275,000 Education Jobs in Peril - May 4, 2010
• New Report Highlights Efforts of Six Cities to Combat Childhood Obesity - May 3, 2010
• Patricia E. Neudecker Chosen as AASA President-Elect; Executive Committee Positions Filled - April 21, 2010
• AASA Partners With Hope Foundation To Bring Rich Transformation Model to Schools - April 21, 2010
• New Survey Finds Schools Facing Growing Budget Cuts and the End of Stimulus Funding - April 8, 2010

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