Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rethinking Your English Sequence With AP Seminar

AP® Seminar was the fastest-growing AP course in 2023 and saw a 30% increase in student enrollment. Even with such growth, 85% of AP Seminar students earned scores of 3 or higher, the same as the previous year. Today, almost 3,000 schools offer this course. The most rapid adoption is taking place within English departments,...

October 25, 2023

Four Ways to Strengthen School Culture This Year

Recently, NASSP members have made headlines for their innovative ways to create and sustain a strong school culture. Check out these stories—and take your school culture to the next level this year. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Funding, Principal Pipeline: Recruitment and Retention

August 16, 2023

Honoring Our Humanity with AAPI Heritage Month

It's Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. In China, when walking past banners promoting women's rights and elevating the people's voice, my father would always comment on the fact that celebration or slogan is only needed when pride or circumstances are lacking. I think the same applies to AAPI Month. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Leadership

May 19, 2023

NHS

NHS Students Reach Out to Help Native Neighbors

Many of us take for granted that on cold nights we can get warm inside from our central heating. That privilege is not shared by thousands of our Navajo and Hopi Nation neighbors here in Arizona. Many of them—the most recent figures say as many as one-third—lack adequate access to reliable heating. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Leadership

April 10, 2023

NHS

Elevating the Importance of Teen Mental Health

Today is World Teen Mental Wellness Day. In honor of it, I want to share how school budget cuts inadvertently led me to take a closer look at the importance of mental health. And for that, I am eternally grateful. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Mental Health/Wellness, Student Leadership

March 2, 2023

Middle School Leaders Network NHS

What Black History Month Means to Me

I believe that Black History Month is not just a time to remember the history of African Americans but a time to understand the importance of three things: advocacy, activism, and societal progress. Over the years, advocacy in particular has changed our world for the better. As students, my peers and I are aware of...

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Leadership

February 21, 2023

Middle School Leaders Network NatStuCo NSC School Leaders of Color Network

Celebrating International Youth Day

In honor of International Youth Day, we’re re-upping this post by NHS alum, Esha Singhai. This school year, Esha begins her first year at the University of Maryand. Her words reflect how student leaders continually make a difference in their communities and in the world at large. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Leadership

August 12, 2022

Why Juneteenth Deserves a More Prominent Place in History Classrooms

On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday—the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983. As we mark the second year of the Juneteenth holiday (short for June 19th), the history behind the day still isn’t widely known. Juneteenth commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in...

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Leadership

June 17, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month Starts with Student Voice

During one school’s election for student body president this year, a candidate was openly gay. He was preparing to give a speech over the intercom during homeroom period. A few minutes before he presented, the school’s principal briefly met with him to discuss the contents of his speech. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Student Leadership

June 8, 2022

Leadership Networks LGBTQ School Leaders Network

Listening and Learning Tour Features Stops Out West

As the end of the school year approaches, NASSP President Gregg Wieczorek is winding down Leading Forward: The Listening and Learning Tour. The latest tour stops, highlighted below, come from California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. (more…)

— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Education Policy, Education Technology and Innovation, Funding, Guest Blogs, Internet Safety, LGBTQ+, Mental Health/Wellness, Principal Pipeline: Recruitment and Retention, School Leadership, School Safety, Student Leadership

May 23, 2022