Roundtable Members Meet with Leaders of Schools in Paris at the Historic Sorbonne.
Congressman James Moran (Virginia) discusses Federal budget challenges.
Finland's Pasi Sahlberg & Marianne Bartley (Lebanon, PA) During Roundtable Meeting
Experts from PARCC and SBAC Report On the Common Core and Its Assessments
Roundtable Explores High-Tech Work of the Future at Boeing Assembly Plant
Testimonials
What do our members have to say? Meet a sampling of our engaged superintendent members from across the country.
Membership Benefits
Join the roundtable and become part of our supportive community, with opportunities to learn from national and international leaders, join our study missions to other nations, and participate in our two annual national meetings.
The Superintendent's Fieldbook
Learn more about the 2nd edition, written by four Roundtable founders. Hailed by the AASA as "more than just a good read...an invaluable resource...that can guide a superintendent in everything from speaking before a Chamber of Commerce to explaining test data to the public."
NSR in Education Week Blog
Read the month-long series on “Assessing the Assessments,” facilitated by NSR and the Teacher College's Assessment and Evaluation Research Initiative.
About the Roundtable
It’s tough at the top. Sure, protocols help, but most critics have no idea how much stress educational leaders absorb.
How many people have to face irate parents when school boundaries change? Make that 4:00 a.m. call about opening schools as storms approach? Manage one of the community’s largest employers while taking criticism from every passing stranger? Make decisions on the fly when guns or sexual predators invade the schools? Or revamp curriculum mid-stream, as new assessments demand more classroom time? All the while juggling the traditional demands of the board-management-union relationship?
Amidst these pressures, a learning community of school superintendents is a safe harbor, a place to talk and to remind members why they became educators in the first place. It’s a source of support and inspiration as well as new ideas to take home. And it can give superintendents a voice in the national conversation. That’s what the National Superintendents Roundtable sets out to do.