Survey findings demonstrate that many districts are operating school meal programs under significant financial and operational constraints.

Serving roughly 46 million meals a day, these programs represent an important opportunity to provide critical nutrition for America’s children and help them build healthy habits for life.

As scrutiny and misinformation rise, AASA & NSPRA introduce Leadership for Public Trust, a new path to leading with clarity and trust.

The Promise-Keeper blog series is part of AASA's 2026 " The Promise of Hope " back-to-school campaign, spotlighting AASA members who bring hope to life in their districts every day through courageous ...

This issue examines the shift to a civic leadership role in the superintendency. Even with numbers rising, women in top school district posts continue to face a range of gender-based outrages. From ...

When Hartford Public Schools faced a $60 million structural deficit, its district leaders turned to scheduling data, building a school-by-school staffing model that reduced staffing by 20 FTEs across ...

District leaders have already exhausted most of the easy budget fixes. Rising costs, enrollment shifts, and constrained revenue continue to create long-term financial pressure.

A practical understanding of public trust as a condition leaders deliberately create through decisions, relationships, communication, and action. Shared team language Common concepts for discussing ...

Cybersecurity isn’t just about finding vulnerabilities. It’s about what district leaders do with what they learn. Cyber insurance and trusted incident response partners are essential to district ...

How can we build toward stronger, more coherent professional learning systems for school leaders? This session shares findings from a recent report, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, on how ...

A safety plan is only as strong as a district’s ability to put it into practice. For superintendents, school safety is not just a policy, a drill, or a technology decision. It is a leadership ...