A crisis in management of American public school districts is causing a revolving door of top school administrators. K-12 school superintendents are leaving their jobs in alarming numbers and frequency, often due to difficult school board personality conflicts, politics not connected to student needs, or deeply rooted and intractable problems. Labor shortages, the effects of the pandemic and unfunded government policy shifts also contribute.

To succeed, superintendents need:

• Time to understand the district's needs
• Time to create measurable goals
• Insulation from politics
• License to lead, with boldness

A&M Managing Director Erin Covington offers school boards sound solutions to ease the pressures that are creating the extreme turnover in superintendents of public school districts.


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