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State Council of School Administrators · May 29, 2026
K-12 Leaders Annual Conference
Your talk
On leading school communities through a moment when education itself is under pressure.
A keynote to 400 K-12 superintendents, principals, and central office leaders. The audience has just come off a school year shaped by funding cuts, staffing shortages, and political pressure. They need honesty, not pep.
A quick look at the responses
Dr. Marlene Atkinson · Superintendent
"Telling principals their budget is shrinking again while expectations grow"
Robert Tanaka · Middle School Principal
"A teacher resigning mid-year and asking me to talk her out of it"
Sandra Holloway · Elementary Principal
"Telling parents I can't fix what they want fixed without them as partners"
Dr. James Okafor · Assistant Superintendent
"How to support principals through book challenges without burning them out"
Plus 8 more in the data set, with answers to all 5 questions.
Reads every response, finds patterns, writes you a 1-page brief. Takes about 20 seconds.