InFocus

Good Teachers are the best candidates for school leadership positions.

Dr. Andrae Townsel is Principal at Southbridge Public Schools, Southbridge, MA. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.

Matt Utterback, the winner of The School Superintendents Association (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year award took time out of his busy post-award celebration to chat with me at the AASA National Conference in New Orleans. Utterback expressed a great deal of humility in his acceptance of the award, believing wholeheartedly that it was a district-wide community effort.