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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November 01, 2020
A New Education Vision for a New AdministrationType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy Finance & BudgetsA comprehensive and significant investment in the education of our public school students has never been more important to reducing the racial and socio-economic inequities plaguing American society today and providing a pathway for social and economic mobility. -
October 18, 2019
Educating Undocumented Students: Legal Responsibilities, Best Practices and Latest Policy ActionType:Powerpoint Presentation Topics: Advocacy & PolicyThis presentation featured Maree Sneed and Ray Li, attorneys at Hogan Lovells LLP, who described the rights of undocumented students and the challenges that they face. -
May 01, 2019
Why We Need to Get Out the CountType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy EquityThe census basics haven’t changed but the importance has -
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.
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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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May 25, 2023
AASA Joins 100+ Organizations in Letter to Dept of Labor on OT RulesAASA joined more than 100 organizations in a letter to the Department of Labor expressing concern over proposed changes to the overtime rules and asking the administration to stop the effort.
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May 25, 2023
A Wild 48 Hours for Federal Student PrivacyThis text is an excerpt from a longer blog post from the Student & Child Privacy Center and Public Interest Privacy Center.
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May 24, 2023
AASA Partners with CoSN on Annual State of EdTech Leadership SurveyEarlier this week CoSN released the 2023 State of EdTech Leadership report.
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