Navigating the Unknown: District Leaders Turning Challenges into Opportunities

Superintendents today face an unprecedented landscape of shifting policies, political pressures, and rising community expectations. In partnership with the Center for Digital Education and FETC, this panel unveils results from a national survey of district leaders, highlighting the issues that keep them up at night—staff turnover, student test scores, funding uncertainty, teacher shortages, AI governance, cybersecurity attacks, policy changes, and cultural stressors impacting school communities. Join visionary superintendents and IT leaders as they share candid perspectives on navigating these challenges with resilience and innovation to discover opportunities for partnership and growth. Discover strategies for sustaining leadership, securing resources, and leveraging technology to stabilize schools while keeping student learning and well-being at the center.