Chief Academic Officers

Read more about chief academic officers (CAOs), who manage districts' approaches to instruction and curriculum
School & District Management Michelle N. Pierre-Farid: Working to Turn Students Into Scholars
The CAO of the Cleveland public schools is trying to set higher academic expectations for a district with a high school graduation rate of 64 percent.
Michele Molnar, March 16, 2015
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4 min read
School & District Management John Youngquist: Getting the Right Resources Into Classrooms
The CAO of the Aurora, Colo., public schools describes how a change in the district's organizational structure has had a positive impact on student achievement and teacher effectiveness.
Michelle R. Davis, March 16, 2015
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4 min read
School & District Management Connecting Principals to School Districts' Top Academic Priorities
The link between a school system's chief academic officer and school-based leaders must be strong if districts want to turn lofty visions into achievement gains.
Denisa R. Superville, March 16, 2015
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5 min read
School & District Management Regardless of Their Titles, CAOs Set Tone for Academics
Whether they're called assistant superintendents for teaching and learning, chief innovation officers, or curriculum coordinators, chief academic officers have one mission: academics.
Sean Cavanagh & Michele Molnar, March 16, 2015
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5 min read
School & District Management Assessment Authority for Chief Academic Officers Varies by District
Knitting assessment thoughtfully into any work on curriculum is crucial, experts say, so it's important to have oversight models that ensure that it happens.
Catherine Gewertz, March 16, 2015
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5 min read
Duval County, Fla., schools Superintendent Nikolai P. Vitti, front, visits R.V. Daniels Elementary with Chief of Schools Addison Davis, who oversees academics for the 125,000-student district.
Duval County, Fla., schools Superintendent Nikolai P. Vitti, front, visits R.V. Daniels Elementary with Chief of Schools Addison Davis, who oversees academics for the 125,000-student district.
Melissa Lyttle for Education Week
School & District Management Superintendents Want Chief Academic Officers They Can Trust
The CAO is seen as an interpreter and oracle, someone the district chief relies on to shape and communicate a vision for improving teaching and learning.
Corey Mitchell, March 16, 2015
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7 min read
Marie L. Izquierdo, left, talks with Assistant Principal Aillette A. Diaz at Primary Learning Center, Ms. Diaz’s school. Ms. Izquierdo sees her role as a facilitator of teaching and learning.
Marie L. Izquierdo, left, talks with Assistant Principal Aillette A. Diaz at Primary Learning Center, Ms. Diaz’s school. Ms. Izquierdo sees her role as a facilitator of teaching and learning.
Photo by Josh Ritchie for Education Week
School & District Management Turning District Academic Visions Into Classroom Realities
Current and former chief academic officers talk about the evolving role of the CAO, and the strategies they have used to try to improve teaching and learning.
Liana Loewus, March 16, 2015
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10 min read
Classroom Technology Opinion Helping Chief Academic Officers Make the Shift From Managed Instruction to Personalized Learning
School district chief academic officers know how to build and run managed instruction regimes. But now they are either pivoting to blended learning or getting a lot of pressure to consider an update. We explore the difference between managed instruction and next generation learning, and share 10 elements of comprehensive solutions to the challenge of helping chief academic officers reframe their work.
Tom Vander Ark, March 12, 2015
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7 min read
School & District Management Academic Chief for LAUSD Resigns; Blames Board Meddling
Jaime Aquino says he can't continue as deputy superintendent in the nation's second largest school system because school board members are micromanaging his efforts.
Lesli A. Maxwell, September 16, 2013
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1 min read
Reading & Literacy Common-Standards Challenge: Engaging in 'Close Reading'
Chief academic officers gather to discuss the deep shifts in instruction required by the common standards in English/language arts.
Catherine Gewertz, January 26, 2012
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3 min read
School & District Management LA School District Buys Out Chief Academic Officer for $231K
The Los Angeles Unified School District has bought out the contract of its chief academic officer, a key appointee who worked closely with former Supt. Ramon C. Cortines, but who quickly fell out of favor with his successor, John Deasy.
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2011
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3 min read
Education News in Brief Cleveland District Names CEO
The Cleveland school board has promoted the districts chief academic officer, Eric Gordon, to chief executive officer of the 45,000-student district.
The Associated Press, June 14, 2011
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1 min read
School & District Management Naming a Top Educator Seals Waiver Deal in NYC
A promise to name a chief academic officer as second in charge paved the way for Cathleen P. Black to be the system’s next chancellor.
Christina A. Samuels, December 7, 2010
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6 min read
Education News in Brief Phila. Selects Chief Academic Officer
Maria Pitre has been approved as the Philadelphia public school system’s new chief academic officer.
Ann Bradley, August 25, 2008
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1 min read
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