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Horace Mann League of the USA

Horace Mann League of the USA

Founded in 1922 to Support Public Education

  • Welcome to the Horace Mann League
    • Welcome
    • Horace Mann – The Person
    • Quotes of Horace Mann
    • Horace Mann Schools
    • Horace Mann: An Exemplar of Reform
    • Horace Mann Film
  • HML 2025 Inaugural Conference: Democracy in Education
  • Membership, Dues & Donations
  • Sponsorships
  • HML Board
    • 2024 Officers and Directors
    • Leadership Profiles
      • William Mathis
      • Dr. Ruben Alejandro
      • Roxann Ramsey-Caserio
      • Dr. Andi Fourlis
      • Linda Darling Hammond
      • James Harvey
      • Dr. Carl Hermanns
      • Dr. Kevin Riley
      • Matthew Krise
      • Dr. Jack McKay
      • Jimmy Minichello
      • Dr. David Berliner
      • Martin Brooks
      • Martha Bruckner
      • Carl Hermanns
      • Brent Clark
      • Jeanne Collins Deweese
    • Past Presidents
    • Meeetings & Minutes
      • 2024
        • Minutes of August 9, 2024
        • HML Directors Meeting Highlights – May 24, 2024
        • Agenda Bd Mtg February 15,2024
        • 2024 Winter Meeting Highlights
        • 2024 Winter Meeting Highlights
      • 2020 -2023 Minutes
        • 2023 Minutes
          • HML Board Minutes June 22, 2023
          • HML Board Minutes March 23, 2023
          • 2023 Winter Board Meeting – San Antonio
          • 2023 Annual Meeting Minutes
            • 2023 Annual Meeting Program
            • 2023 Winter Bd Mtg. Packet
            • 2023 Annual Meeting Photos
        • 2022 Minutes
          • Minutes of October 21, 2022
            • Board Packet for October 21, 2022
          • Minutes of September 22, 2022 Special Board Meeting
          • Board Meeting, July 21, 2022
            • July 21, 2022 Board Packet
          • Board Meeting May 10, 2022
          • Board Meeting on April 14, 2022.
            • Exec. Dir. Succession Plan
              • Executive Director Job Description
          • 2022 Winter Board Meeting Minutes
          • 2022 Winter Board Mtg agenda Packet
          • Minutes Special Board Meeting January 6, 2022
          • 2022 Annual Meeting Program
            • 2022 Annual Mtg Minutes
        • 2021 Minutes
          • 2021 February Winter board meeting
            • 2021 Winter Board Packet
            • 2021 Annual Meeting Minutes
              • 2021 Awards
          • 2021 Board Meeting on May 6, 2021
          • 2021 Summary Notes Bd.Mtg. September 20, 2021
          • 2021 Minutes November 4, 2021 Bd mtgs
        • 2020 Minutes
          • 2020 Winter Meeting Agenda Packet
          • 2020 Annual Meeting
          • 2020 Summer Board Meeting
          • 2020 The HML Strategic Plan – 2020 and 2014
      • Minutes 2015 – 2019
        • 2019 Minutes
          • 2019 Annual Meeting
            • 2019 Annual Meeting Gallery
            • 2019 Officer and Director Resumes
            • 2019 Index of HML Post
          • 2019 Summer Board Meeting Minutes
          • Agenda and Minutes June 29, 2019
        • 2018 Minutes
          • 2018 Agenda Winter Board Meeting
            • 2018 Agenda Winter Board Meeting
          • Minutes 2018 summer Meeting
        • 2017 Minutes
          • 2017 Summer Board Meeting Minutes (draft)
            • 2017 Summer Bd. Mtg. Agenda
          • 2017 Winter Board Meeting Agenda
            • 2017 Winter Meeting Minutes (Draft)
        • 2016 HML Annual Meeting Minutes
          • 2016 Draft Minutes of Summer Board Meeting
            • 2016 Summer Board Meeting Agenda
            • 2016 Annual Meeting Program
            • 2016 Annual Meeting Highlights
            • 2016 Annual Meeting Media Release
      • Minutes 2010 – 2015
        • 2015 Meeting Minutes
          • 2015 Winter Board Meeting Minutes (draft)
        • 2014 Summer Board Meeting Minutes
          • 2014 Annual Meeting in Nashville
          • 2014 Spring Board Meeting Palo Alto
        • 2013 Meeting Minutes
          • 2013 HML BD Minutes Oct. 6-7
          • 2013 Winter Bd. Mtg. Los Angeles
          • 2013 Annual Mtg. – Los Angeles
        • 2012 Meeting Minutes
          • 2012 Winter Bd. Mtg. Houston
          • 2012 Annual Mtg. – Houston
          • 2012 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Mooresville, NC
        • 2011 Meeting Minutes
          • 2011 summer Bd. Mtg. – Chicago
          • 2011 Winter Bd. Mtg. – Denver
        • 2010 Meeting Minutes
          • 2010 Annual Mtg.
          • 2010 Strategic Planning
          • 2010 Summer Bd. Mtg. Chicago
      • Minutes 2000 – 2009
        • 2009 Meeting Minutes
          • 2009 Winter Bd. Mtg. – San Francisco
        • 2008 Meeting Minutes
          • 2008 Summer Bd. Mtg. Chicago
            • 2008 Annual Meeting – Tampa
          • 2008 Winter Bd.Mtg.- Tampa
        • 2007 Summer Bd. Mtg.- San Jose
          • 2007 Annual Meeting – New Orleans
          • 2007 Winter Bd. Mtg. – New Orleans
        • 2006 Meeting Minutes
          • 2006 Winter Bd. Mtg. San Diego
          • 2006 Annual Mtg. – San Diego
          • 2006 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Chicago
        • 2005 Winter Bd. Mtg. San Antonio
          • 2005 HML Annual Board Meeting, San Antonio
          • 2005 Summer Bd. Mtg. Arlington, VA
        • 2004 Meeting Minutes
          • 2004 Winter Bd. Mtg.- San Francisco
          • 2004 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Boulder
        • 2003 Meeting Minutes
          • 2003 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Omaha
          • 2003 Winter Bd. Mtg. – New Orleans
          • 2003 Annual Mtg. – New Orleans
        • 2002 Meeting Minutes
          • 2002 Winter Bd. Mtg. – San Diego
          • 2002 Annual Mtg. – San Diego
            • 2001 Winter Meeting – Orlando, FL
          • 2002 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Dearborn, MI
        • 2001 Meeting Minutes
          • 2001 Annual Mtg. – Orlando
        • 2000 Meeting Minutes
          • 2000 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Omaha
          • 2000 Winter Bd. Mtg.-San Francisco
      • Minutes 1994 – 1999
        • 1999 Meeting Minutes
        • 1998 Meeting Minutes
          • 1998 Summer Bd. Mtg. Golden, CO
        • 1997 Summer Bd. Mtg. – Omaha
          • 1997 Meeting Minutes
          • 1997 Winter Bd. Mtg. – Orlando
        • 1996 Winter Bd. Mtg. – San Diego
          • 1996 Meeting Minutes
          • 1996 Summer Bd. Mtg. Omaha
    • Legal Documents of the League
      • Articles of Incorporation
      • HML By Laws
        • HML New Director’s Handbook
        • HML Board Responsibilities
        • Purpose
        • Not-for-Profit Finance and Accounting
        • Tax Exempt Status
        • Conflict of Interest Policy
        • Optimum Results for Board Members
        • The HML Strategic Plan – 2020 and 2014
        • Fact Sheet
        • The HML Association
        • HML Demographics
  • Gallery
    • Presidential Gallery
    • 2024 Annual Meetng Gallery
    • 2023 Annual Meeting Photos
    • Gallery Update
    • 2022 Annual Meeting Photos
    • 2020 photo gallery
    • 2019 Annual Meeting Gallery
    • 2018 Annual Meeting Photos
    • 2018 Annual Meeting Photos – more
    • 2017 Annual Meeting Highlights and Photos
    • 2016 Annual Meeting Photo Gallery
    • 2015 Annual Meeting
    • 2014 Gallery
    • 2014 Stanford Meeting Photos
    • 2013 Gallery
    • 2012 Gallery
    • 2011 Gallery
    • 2010 Gallery
    • 2009 Gallery
    • 2008 Gallery
    • 2007 Gallery
    • 2006 Gallery
    • 2005 Gallery
    • 2004 Gallery
    • 2003 Gallery
    • 2002 Gallery
    • 2001 Gallery
    • 2000 Gallery
    • 1999 Gallery
    • 1998 Gallery
    • 1997 Gallery
    • 1996 Gallery
    • 1995 Gallery
  • Podcast Links
  • Articles, Newsletters, & Cartoons
    • Educational Political Cartoons
    • THE BLUEBERRY STORY: A Businessman Learns a Lesson
    • A Vision for the Future of Learning
    • Golf and Accountability
    • Newsletter Winter 2013
    • Newsletter 2012 Winter
    • Newsletter 2011 Fall
    • Newsletter Summer 2011
    • Newsletter 2010 Fall
    • Newsletter 2010 Winter
    • Newsletter 2010 Spring
    • The Private/Charter – Public School Chart
    • Creating a Remembered Presentation
    • Media Coverage
    • Testimonials
    • Recently Published Books by HML Members
    • HML and NSR Study on International Education
  • Awardees
  • Books
    • Good to Great: The Guide to the Superintendent’s Success
  • Leadership Resources
    • The Cycles of the Superintendent’s Career
      • The Resume
      • The Letter of Application
      • The First interview
      • The Final Interview
      • The New Superintendent’s Entry Plan and Checklist
      • The signals that might indicate it is up to update the resume.
      • If you decide to move
      • “Write 3 Letters” (some humor)
      • The Seven Ages of the Leader
    • Communication and Meeting Ideas
      • Opening the Schoolhouse Door for Patrons
      • Some Suggested Guidelines for Presentations
      • Sample “Letter to the Editor”
      • He Says the Problem with Teachers. . .
  • The POST
    • Recent (20) Post Issues
    • HML Post Archives
      • 2022 HML Post Archives
      • 2021 HML Post Archives
      • 2020 HML Post Archives
      • 2019 Post Articles
      • 2016 Post Articles
      • 2015 Post Articles
      • 2014 Post Articles
      • 2013 Post Articles
      • 2012 POST Articles
  • Chart on Issues by Political Party
  • Post Archive of Articles
    • Chair and Member Roles: The Nuance of Effective Leadership of a School Board
    • Leadership Definitions by Major Authors
  • The 2020 Strategic Plan
  • Champions of Public Education
    • Dr. Manuel O. Valenzuela
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