School superintendents are overwhelmingly male. What's holding women back from the top job?
Christine Ackerman, the superintendent of the Chappaqua school district in New York, always knew she wanted to be a school administrator and actively pursued that goal.She earned a Ph.D. in educational leadership at age 24.By 36, she got her first job as a school superintendent. Now 42, she is the youngest and the most highly compensated female school superintendent in the region.She’s also something of a rarity.About 76% of the […]
