By Haley Jones MASA Marketing & Digital Media Specialist Craig Carmoney joined the Zoom meeting during a break from deer hunting. The newly announced 2021 Michigan State Superintendent of the Year (SOY) was enjoying an afternoon...
The 2021 Michigan School Testing Conference (MSTC) will once again be held in mid-February, but this year, in a very different manner. The uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected all of us...
I was recently meeting with a superintendent that was going through the same thing as most districts around the nation. They had budget issues, COVID-19 related closings, students with poor internet access for online...
On November 18th at 3pm ET, D2L is hosting a webinar for Michigan’s K-12 education leaders on Adjusting to the New Normal: How Michigan’s K-12 School Districts Have Adapted. During this webinar, education leaders from Michigan...
By Haley Jones MASA Marketing & Digital Media Specialist For more than 100 days, Chris Ming and his family of five lived in their camper at a campground just down the street from Au Gres–Sims School District. The new district superintendent was in the midst...
Parents, students, school staff members, and others are encouraged to nominate outstanding public-school educators for the Michigan Lottery’s 2020-21 Excellence in Education awards. All public-school employees may be nominated for the awards, which recognize...
AASA, the National Superintendents Association, recently announced an initiative that will enhance state-based AASA associations to “optimize, expand, and formalize their existing communities of practice.” Through the AASA State Communities of Practice (AASA-SCoP), five...
Despite K-12 education being turned upside down as a pandemic closed the doors of many U.S. schools and lent learning into the hands of technology in the middle of the spring semester, College Board’s...
How Adopting Emerging Technologies Facilitates Learning, Simplifies Progress Monitoring, and Improves Student Outcomes With the new school year underway, students across the country are returning to school in a variety of formats, including face-to-face,...
When the MASA staff reached out to me and asked that I share my goals for MASA during my tenure as president, I was a bit taken back. Honestly, I have always felt that...
