NASSP Members in the News: January 2025
When Teachers Don’t Want to Use Trans Students’ Pronouns
By Matt Barnum, The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2024
“Our personal feelings, belief systems matter. However, if they’re in conflict with what we’re doing here, some of that needs to stay checked at the door.”
—Natty Messick, principal of Fertile-Beltrami Public School in Fertile, MN, and the 2022 Minnesota Principal of the Year.
Parents Sue After School Disciplined Student for AI Use: Takeaways for Educators
By Lauraine Langreo, Education Week, October 24, 2024
“We believe that if students are given the guardrails and the parameters by which AI can be used, it becomes more of a recognizable tool. [With those clear parameters, educators can] more readily guard against malfeasance, because we provide students the context and the structure by which it can be used.”
—Mike Rubin, principal of Uxbridge High School in Uxbridge, MA, and Massachusetts State Coordinator
How This Principal is Building Big Demand for Career Tech
By Micah Ward, District Administration, October 21, 2024
“You don’t have to go to college to make a good living. The kids who go through these programs, a lot of them will make more money than I will, without college debt and time wasted taking classes they’re not interested in.”
—Joe Ballard, principal of Poteau High School in Poteau, OK, and the 2024 Oklahoma Principal of the Year
In North Carolina, Public Education Is at the Heart of Governor’s Race
By Marianna McMurdock, The 74 Million, October 30, 2024
“I think a lot of us are trying to get people to understand that the implications for this race go beyond party lines. We need to do a better job of being advocates for people outside of the [education] world to understand how these policies directly affect them, their children, their communities.”
—Patrick Greene, principal of Greene Central High School in Snow Hill, NC, and North Carolina State Coordinator