This is the latest report in the State of the Superintendent series, an annual report intended to provide a reliable, recurring snapshot of the U.S. public school superintendency. In spring 2024, superintendents of 190 districts were surveyed about their stress, job satisfaction, and time use. The survey revealed that budgets narrowly topped superintendents' list of stressors, and managing budgets was among their most time-consuming activities.
Authors
- Division
- RAND Education and Labor
- Pages
- 18
- Published in
- United States
- RAND Identifier
- RR-A956-25
- RAND Type
- report
- Rights
- RAND Corporation
- Series
- Research Reports
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-25.html
Table of Contents
- Summary of Key Findings 3
- Overview of Our State of the Superintendent Report Series 4
- District Budgets Topped Small-District Superintendents List of Stressors and the Intrusion of Political Issues and Opinions Was the Most Common Stressor Among Large-District Superintendents 6
- Fewer Superintendents Identified Politics as a Source of Job-Related Stress in 2024 Than in 2023 8
- Most Superintendents Especially Those in Large Districts Continued to Report Positive Feelings About Their Job 10
- Communications Dominate Large Districts Superintendents Time and Budget and Building Operations and Maintenance Dominate in Small Districts 11
- Methodology 14
- Data Sources 14
- Analysis 14
- References 16
- National Center for Education Statistics 202122 Common Core of Data CCD Universe Files data file NCES 2023-152 December 2022. As of August 19 2024 httpsnces.ed.govpubsearchpubsinfo.asppubid2023152 16
- About This Report 17
- Technical Documentation for the Ninth American School District Panel Survey 17
- RAND Education and Labor 17
- Acknowledgments 18
