AASA Radio- The School Superintendents Association

Our guest tells us that happiness is more important to teaching and learning than we realized. Join us as we discuss five habits that support happiness and drive teaching and learning.

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Shawn Achor is considered a leading expert on the connection between happiness and success in business and education. He spent 12 years at Harvard, winning over a dozen distinguished teaching awards His research has made the cover of Harvard Business Review and his TED talk is one of the most popular ever, with over 12 million views. He is the author of New York Times best-selling books, The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness,and the popular parable The Orange Frog.

Our guest is the AASA 2016 Superintendent of the Year. Join us as we discuss the five qualities of a model school leader.

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Thomas S. Tucker, Ph.D. Superintendent, Princeton City School District and AASA 2016 National Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Tucker has been a trailblazer and mentor in the field of education, has received a myriad of awards and is active in many organizations. In 2006, he became the first and is the only African-American to hold an upper-level administrative post in the Hilliard City School District when he was named director of Secondary Curriculum.

The use of social media in schools is growing exponentially. Is this segment, we talk best practices with two AASA members who are at the leading edge of this growing trend.

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Mike Lubelfeld currently serves as the superintendent of schools in the Deerfield, IL Public Schools (District 109). He is the co-moderator of #suptchat – the monthly superintendent educational chat on Twittter.

Dr. Nick Polyak is the proud Superintendent of Leyden Community High School District in suburban Chicago. The district serves six communities, 3,500 students, and strives to always do "What's Best for the Kids."

In an era where the focus and math and reading scores is consuming many school administrators, our guest makes a compelling case for why music classes are too important to ignore.

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Dr. Kristi Sandvik, Superintendent of Buckeye Elementary School District, came to Arizona from Oregon. She is passionate about student learning and closing the achievement gap for all students. She was recently named Superintendent of the Year and sits on the AASA Governing Board and the MSAN Board.

The road to launching digital technologies in school districts is riddled with stories of missteps, misfires and outright failures. By contrast, our guest has led one of the most successful school transitions to digital technology in the nation. In this segment, he tells us why patience is a virtue when going digital.

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Terry Grier is superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the nation's seventh largest school system and an acknowledged leader in digital conversion. Dr. Grier was named a Leader To Learn From by Education Week for HISDs PowerUp initiative which provides laptops to high school students for anytime/anywhere learning. PowerUp has also established a districtwide digital platform, known as the HUB, that is transforming teaching and learning, and is moving HISD away from the use of textbooks in favor of digital curricula.

Our guest is the AASA superintendent of the year and a strong voice for children and public education. One of his core objectives is to give students experiences that surpass their expectations of what's possible. In this episode he shares how he approaches that challenge.

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With a proven track record in leading school reform and building positive community and school relationships, Superintendent Philip D. Lanoue has led the Clarke County School District in Athens, Georgia since July 2009. He is the 2015 National Superintendent of the Year, as well as the 2015 Georgia Superintendent of the Year.

When budgets shrink, professional development for staff is typically the first line item to be cut. Our guest argues that savvy superintendents make a commitment to fund professional development no matter how tight the budget. Learn how...

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Robert Avossa, Ed.D., is Superintendent of the 96,000-student Fulton County School System, Georgia’s fourth largest school district. Dr. Avossa came to Fulton in June 2011, and in this short time, his leadership has led to unprecedented growth in the district’s graduation rate and an increased focus on college and career readiness.

In the segment we discuss recent developments in the administration's campaign to provide high quality Internet access to all students.

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Dr. Brian Talbott is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA).1n 1997 Dr. Talbott was appointed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Board. He currently serves as the USAC Board Chair, which oversees the Rural Health Care Program, High Cost &Low Income Program and the Schools and Libraries Program,(the E-Rate Program).

How might Republicans control of the House and Senate impact education budgets and policy? In this segment we take a look at what superintendents can expect.

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Jack Jennings (John F. Jennings), founded the Center on Education Policy in January 1995 and was its CEO and President until he retired in 2012. According to a poll of national leaders conducted by Education Week, that Center was one of the ten most influential organizations affecting school policy in the United States.

In this segment we interview AASA's National Superintendent of the Year whose tough decisions have created a noteworthy model for public school excellence.

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Alberto Carvalho became Superintendent of the nation's fourth largest school system in September 2008. He is a nationally recognized expert on school reform and finance who successfully transformed his district's business operations and financial systems with the implementation of a streamlined Strategic Framework focused on a singular goal of student achievement.