The National Association of School Superintendents (NASS), is a professional organization of
school superintendents in the United States. It was founded in 2009, with headquarters in
Burlingame, California
Burlingame () is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame and is known for its numerous eucalyp ...
94010. NASS’s members are superintendents and CEO-level equivalents from school districts in every state and region of the country.
Since January 2016, NASS has been operated through a partnership with the Association of California School Administrators, which is headquartered in Sacramento, CA 95814.
Membership
Membership is open to both active and retired superintendents, the chief executive officers of school districts. As of January 1, 2015, the association's website reported members in 40 states. There are nearly 20,000
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
s whose superintendents, past or present, are eligible for membership.
Legislative Advocacy
NASS provides legislative advocacy at the national level.
See also
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History of education in the United States
The history of education in the United States covers the trends in educational formal and informal learning in America from the 17th century to the early 21st century.
Colonial era
New England
The first American schools in the thirteen origi ...
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Unified school district
A unified school district (in the states of Arizona, California, Kansas and Oregon) or unit school district (in Illinois), in the United States of America, is a school district that generally includes and operates both primary schools (kindergarten ...
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Education-related professional associations