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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April 29, 2019
STOP School Violence Act 101Type:Powerpoint Presentation Topics: Advocacy & Policy School SafetyAfter the tragedy at Parkland, Congress acted quickly to create a new funding stream to support state and local efforts to deter school violence. The passage of the STOP School Violence Act authorizes $100 million in funding for schools to improve school safety in 2019. -
April 01, 2019
E-Rate: Increasing Educational Opportunity through Digital AccessType:Toolkit Topics: Advocacy & Policy District & School Operations Finance & Budgets TechnologyTools to help school leaders fully leverage the federal and state funding available through E-rate to transform connectivity and broadband access in our nation’s schools. -
March 01, 2019
Medicaid 101 for School SuperintendentsType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy Health & WellnessThis brief explores what Medicaid is, what it covers—in and out of school—and how school districts can leverage Medicaid to enhance school health services. -
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. -
March 01, 2018
Tweeting for Legislative AdvocacyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy TechnologyThrough 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 SafetyEditorial from the 2018 Spring Journal of Scholarship and Practice -
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 TechnologyThe 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 TechnologyDefining 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.
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The Leading Edge Blog
AASA's policy and advocacy blog, with up-to-date information about activities in Washington, DC.
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February 01, 2023
Updates to Senate HELP and House Education and Workforce CommitteesA new election cycle brings a new shakeup to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee.
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February 01, 2023
AASA's New Student and Child Privacy Center (SCPC) Stakeholder Alert - February 2023AASA’s new Student and Child Privacy Center (SCPC) provides support for AASA’s members by tracking and analyzing legislation, creating resources, and providing technical assistance on student privacy issues.
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February 01, 2023
The Advocate February 2023 - Defending Public EducationPublic education is under attack. There is no denying that state capitals are being inundated with organizations and individuals who may be promoting “school choice” or the funding of “students not systems” but who have more dangerous goals.
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