Additional Resources
These helpful resources are continually curated by our collaborative.
Toolkits & Guides
Common Ground: How Public K-12 Schools are Navigating Pandemic Disruptions and Political Trends
Bellweather
January 2023
This document is the first of a semi-annual “stocktaking” publication to analyze various political trends impacting education and young people.
Communications & Public Relations Resources
AASA: The Superintendents Association
CPLS member organization, AASA, offers resources to help school leaders navigate school and community communications, public relations and media inquiries.
Opportunity to Learn, Responsibility to Lead
Aspen Institute
September 14, 2022
A set of principles to undergird a new, positive, bipartisan agenda for improving public education. These principles cover essential elements of the student experience, the learning conditions schools are responsible for, and the unique role of state leadership in making opportunities real. Produced by CPLS member organization, the Aspen Institute’s Education and Society Program.
Public Engagement Approaches: Reflective, Proactive, and Responsive Approaches.
Leading Now
CPLS member organization, Leading Now, offers a series of key approaches for different modes of communication, including reflective, proactive, and responsive.
Social Media: Best Practices for K-12 Districts
Leading Now
CPLS member organization, Leading Now, offers a series of best practices for education leaders so they can leverage social media to build a sense of trust and community in their districts.
Tough Conversations: Strategies for Educational Leaders to Build Common Ground
Leading Now
CPLS member organization, Leading Now, offers a series of strategies for navigating contentious topics in an intentional way that generates productive dialogue.
Articles & Research
Assessing Voters’ and Parents’ Perspectives on Current Threats to Public Education
Hough, H., Marsh, J., Estrada-Miller, J., Polikoff, M., Myung, J.
August, 2022
Provides background information on public perceptions of politicization of public education. Co-written by CPLS Member, Julie Marsh.
Political Battles in Suburbia
White, R., Evans, M., & Malin, J.
Kappan
Jan 30, 2023
A national survey shows suburban superintendents face more political tensions than leaders in other districts.
Superintendent turnover is increasing: How bad is it?
Sawchuk, S.
February 28, 2022
Provides an overview of trends in superintendent turnover across the country and the need for more data to track this issue.
Superintendent turnover is increasing and gender gaps are barely budging, but accurately assessing the consequences remains a challenge.
White, R.
May 15, 2023
Provides an overview of trends in superintendent turnover and a superintendent database which provides causes for turnover.
Survey: Americans broadly support teaching about (most) controversial topics in the classroom.
Brookings
A summary of results from the Understanding America Study survey to a nationally representative sample of 3,751 adults conducted in August/Sept. 2022.
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