2024 EdWeek Leaders To Learn From
Recognizing excellence in school district leadership
We are excited to introduce our 2024 class of EdWeek Leaders To Learn From. These district leaders have shown persistence and creativity as they navigate the challenges facing schools in an increasingly diverse, rapidly changing world.
- Families & the Community Leader To Learn From Absenteeism Was a Big Problem in This District. A New Strategy Is Getting ResultsSharon Bradley remembers how it felt to miss school for reasons outside her control.
馃挕This Leader Takes a Compassionate Approach to Truancy. It's Transforming Students' LivesSchool & District Management Leader To Learn From This Leader Partners With Students to Build a More Sustainable Future for Her DistrictUnder LeeAnn Kittle's leadership, the Denver district has implemented an ambitious climate action plan.
馃挕This Leader Channeled Students鈥 Climate Anxiety Into Action. See How - Families & the Community Leader To Learn From A Former Teacher Turns Classroom Prowess Into Partnerships With FamiliesAna Pasarella maximizes her community's assets to put students first in Alvin, Texas.
馃挕 How Teachers' Ideas Drive This Leader's Work on Districtwide InitiativesSchool & District Management Leader To Learn From With a Steady Hand, a Superintendent Guides Her District Through Big ChangesWhen Aleesia Johnson became superintendent of the Indianapolis schools, Indiana鈥檚 largest district needed much more than a patch job.
馃挕 How to Manage Big Emotions During Difficult District Transitions - Student Achievement Leader To Learn From An Unorthodox Plan to Pay Students to Write Curriculum Is Raising AchievementFor Kate Maxlow, the director of curriculum in Hampton City, Va., engaging students and improving academic achievement go hand in hand.
馃挕 Why One District Hired Its Students to Review CurriculaIT Infrastructure & Management Leader To Learn From Through Wars, Tornadoes, and Cyberattacks, He's a Guardian of Student PrivacyJun Kim, the technology director in Moore, Okla., works to make the most of innovations鈥攚ithout endangering student data.
馃挕 Why One Tech Leader Prioritizes Explaining Student Data Privacy to Teachers