Baltimore and Minneapolis Leaders Named State Superintendents of the Year
Sonja Brookins Santelises, chief executive officer of Baltimore City Public Schools, was recently named the 2026 Maryland Superintendent of the Year by the Public Schools Superintendents’ Association of Maryland.
Political Analyst, Actor, and Radio Host Address Urban School Leaders at Fall Conference
At the Council’s Fall Conference, Ana Navarro, Giancarlo Esposito, and Michael Smerconish addressed urban school leaders on issues ranging from equity and social justice to mental health and community engagement.
Joyce Wilkerson, a member of the school board of the School District of Philadelphia, was recognized as the 2025 Urban Educator of the Year at the Council of the Great City Schools' 69th Annual Fall Conference in Philadelphia.
Reining in cell phones in schools and bolstering mental health supports were key points of discussion among panelists at the Town Hall at the Council of the Great City Schools’ 69th Fall Conference in Philadelphia.
The week before Thanksgiving, the Trump Administration announced that it had signed six interagency agreements to transfer a number of program offices and staff from the U.S. Department of Education to other federal agencies.
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