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The Chief Academic Officer: A Special Report

This special report, “The Chief Academic Officer’s Evolving Role: Powering Big-Picture Learning Goals,” examines the challenges CAOs are facing in school districts across the country and how they are working to improve academics in the age of common standards and digital teaching and learning. It features findings from an exclusive survey of district leaders.

OVERVIEW

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.
• Survey Data: CAOs Wear Many Hats
• Survey Data: The CAO's Chain of Command

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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.

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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.

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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.
• Chief Academic Officers: A Comparison of District Oversight

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

Chief Technology Officers Play Key Role in Curricular Issues

Some school districts are testing new approaches to address a common challenge: how to get academic and technology departments to work more closely together.

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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.

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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Chief Academic Officers Talk About Big-Picture Challenges

CAOs from three different districts discuss a range of issues from classroom resources to academic expectations.
• Vickie Murillo: Rebuilding Academics in a Struggling District
• John Youngquist: Getting the Right Resources Into Classrooms
• Michelle N. Pierre-Farid: Working to Turn Students Into Scholars

March 18, 2015 – Education Week

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