Chief Academic Officers
Read more about chief academic officers (CAOs), who manage districts' approaches to instruction and curriculum
School & District Management
Michelle N. Pierre-Farid: Working to Turn Students Into Scholars
The CAO of the Cleveland public schools is trying to set higher academic expectations for a district with a high school graduation rate of 64 percent.
School & District Management
John Youngquist: Getting the Right Resources Into Classrooms
The CAO of the Aurora, Colo., public schools describes how a change in the district's organizational structure has had a positive impact on student achievement and teacher effectiveness.
School & District Management
Connecting Principals to School Districts' Top Academic Priorities
The link between a school system's chief academic officer and school-based leaders must be strong if districts want to turn lofty visions into achievement gains.
School & District Management
Regardless of Their Titles, CAOs Set Tone for Academics
Whether they're called assistant superintendents for teaching and learning, chief innovation officers, or curriculum coordinators, chief academic officers have one mission: academics.
School & District Management
Assessment Authority for Chief Academic Officers Varies by District
Knitting assessment thoughtfully into any work on curriculum is crucial, experts say, so it's important to have oversight models that ensure that it happens.
School & District Management
Superintendents Want Chief Academic Officers They Can Trust
The CAO is seen as an interpreter and oracle, someone the district chief relies on to shape and communicate a vision for improving teaching and learning.
School & District Management
Turning District Academic Visions Into Classroom Realities
Current and former chief academic officers talk about the evolving role of the CAO, and the strategies they have used to try to improve teaching and learning.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Helping Chief Academic Officers Make the Shift From Managed Instruction to Personalized Learning
School district chief academic officers know how to build and run managed instruction regimes. But now they are either pivoting to blended learning or getting a lot of pressure to consider an update. We explore the difference between managed instruction and next generation learning, and share 10 elements of comprehensive solutions to the challenge of helping chief academic officers reframe their work.
School & District Management
Academic Chief for LAUSD Resigns; Blames Board Meddling
Jaime Aquino says he can't continue as deputy superintendent in the nation's second largest school system because school board members are micromanaging his efforts.
Reading & Literacy
Common-Standards Challenge: Engaging in 'Close Reading'
Chief academic officers gather to discuss the deep shifts in instruction required by the common standards in English/language arts.
School & District Management
LA School District Buys Out Chief Academic Officer for $231K
The Los Angeles Unified School District has bought out the contract of its chief academic officer, a key appointee who worked closely with former Supt. Ramon C. Cortines, but who quickly fell out of favor with his successor, John Deasy.
Education
News in Brief
Cleveland District Names CEO
The Cleveland school board has promoted the districts chief academic officer, Eric Gordon, to chief executive officer of the 45,000-student district.
School & District Management
Naming a Top Educator Seals Waiver Deal in NYC
A promise to name a chief academic officer as second in charge paved the way for Cathleen P. Black to be the system’s next chancellor.
Education
News in Brief
Phila. Selects Chief Academic Officer
Maria Pitre has been approved as the Philadelphia public school system’s new chief academic officer.
