Principals’ Professional Learning: Current Status and Future Needs
NAESP recently teamed up with the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) to conduct a national principal study surveying 1,000 principals to learn...
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20 episodesThe 2020 Election
In this edition of the NAESP HQ podcast, NAESP Executive Director L. Earl Franks, Ed.D., CAE, and President of the Education Commission of t...
CARES Act
In this episode of NAESP HQ, NAESP Executive Director L. Earl Franks, Ed.D., CAE, speaks with NAESP Associate Executive Director of Advocacy...
Building Principal Pipelines
In this episode, we talk with Damaries Blondonville and Dr. Melissa Ellis from Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) about their wor...
Early Education Leadership: How Principals Can Support Early Learning
Principals play a critical role in supporting a seamless continuum of learning for children across pre-k through the third grade. To do this...
The Research Angle: Which Principal Policies Work?
American Institute for Research (AIR) researchers Dr. Matthew Clifford and Dr. Cortney Rowland join this episode to discuss what research sh...
Reversing the Trend on Teacher Shortages
A growing problem in school districts across the country, teacher shortages negatively impact school climate, culture, and student learning...
How Principals Can Leverage Community Schools to Boost Health and Social Services, and Academic Outcomes for Students
Guests: Mary Kingston Roche, director of public policy, Coalition for Community schools Gwendolyn Unoko, community school coordinator, Calvi...
Arne Duncan: Reflecting on America’s Schools
Arne Duncan served as U.S. secretary of education under President Barack Obama from 2009 until 2015. Prior to his appointment, Duncan served...
Linda Darling Hammond: Why Principals Matter
Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Sta...
Professional Learning: Why It Matters and How Principals Can Help Save #TitleII
Guest: Dr. Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of Learning Forward. Learning Forward has more than 10,000 members and 40 state and provincia...
K–12 Edtech Innovation: What Is It and Why Should Principals Care?
Sarah Silverman is a Senior Vice President at Whiteboard Advisors, a strategic consulting and communications firm. For over a decade, she ha...
The Role of Principals in Advancing Quality Teaching
In this episode we speak with Thomas Toch, Director of FutureEd, about the critical role principals play in supporting effective teaching an...
Chronic Absence: The Risks of Not Showing Up
Across the country, more than 8 million students are missing so many days of school that they are academically at risk. Chronic absence—miss...
The 2018 Midterm Elections: What Happened and What Does it Mean for Education in 2019
A record 114 million Americans turned out for the midterm elections. What were the results and what does it mean for education in 2019?
The Pre-K–8 School Leader in 2018: A 10-Year Study
In this inaugural guest episode of NAESP HQ, NAESP Executive Director Dr. L. Earl Franks, CAE, discusses the results of the association's re...
The State of Principal Preparation Programs and How Professional Leadership Standards Can Elevate the Profession
Michelle D. Young, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) and a Professor of Educa...
Charles Best – Founder & CEO of DonorsChoose.org
Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit website which enables anyone to help a classroom in need. Charles launched the organization...
Advocacy Briefing: September 2018
Hear a quick update on NAESP's advocacy priorities this fall, including professional development funding for principals in the FY19 budget b...
Prioritizing Principals in Tennessee
Can a state systematically recruit topflight talent into the principal profession and then develop systems of supports to keep them? Tenness...