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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
    • Horace Mann – The Person
    • Quotes of Horace Mann
    • 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
    • Horace Mann Schools
    • Horace Mann: An Exemplar of Reform
    • Horace Mann Film
  • Membership, Dues & Donations
  • HML Board
    • 2026 Officers and Directors
    • Leadership Profiles
      • Dr. Ruben Alejandro
      • Dr. Martin Brooks
      • Mr. Douglas Burge
      • Dr. Martha Bruckner
      • Roxann Ramsey-Caserio
      • Mr. Brent Clark
      • Ms. Jeanne Collins Deweese
      • Toba Cohen-Dunning, MSW, MPA
      • Dr. Linda Darling Hammond
      • Dr. Carl Hermanns
      • Jack McKay, HML Interim Executive Director, Resume
        • Dr. Jack McKay
      • Mr. Jimmy Minichello
      • Tobin S. Novasio
      • Dr. Kevin Riley
      • Dr. Theresa Rouse
      • Dr. Ray­mond Sanchez
      • Dr. Kenneth Spells
      • Dr. Jerry Thacker
      • Dr. Louis N. Wool
      • Dr. Gregory Wyman
    • Past Presidents & Executive Directors
    • Meeetings & Minutes
      • 2026 Meeting Minutes
        • 2026 Annual Meeting Minutes
        • February 12, 2026 Board Meeting
      • 2025 Board Meetings
        • Minutes, October 16, 2016
        • Agenda Packet of October 16, 2025
        • HML Information Meeting, Friday, August 22, 2025
        • Minutes of June 12, 2025
        • 2025 March 4 Minutes
        • January 16, 2025 Special Board Meeting
      • 2024 Meeting Minutes
        • Minutes of October 31, 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 & Contract
          • 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
            • February 12, 2026 Board Meeting
      • 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
      • Certificate of good Standing (original Nebraska)
      • Certificate of Registration (WA)
      • Articles of Incorporation
      • Tax Exempt Status
      • IRS 990 for 2024
      • Conflict of Interest Policy
      • The Executive Director Job Description (updated 12/19/25)
      • HML By Laws
        • HML Board Responsibilities
        • Purpose
        • Not-for-Profit Finance and Accounting
        • Optimum Results for Board Members
        • The HML Strategic Plan – 2020 and 2014
        • Fact Sheet
        • The HML Association
        • HML Demographics
      • The 2020 Strategic Plan
  • The League’s Champions of Public Education
  • Articles, Newsletters, & Cartoons
    • HML Videos
    • Champions of Public Education
    • 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
    • Creating a Remembered Presentation
    • Testimonials
    • Recently Published Books by HML Members
    • HML and NSR Study on International Education
    • HML – NSR Report on International Education (on YouTube)
  • Books, Articles, Posts, & Communications
    • Long-Range Planning: A School Leader’s Guide
    • Good to Great: The Guide to the Superintendent’s Success
    • Democracy and the Public School
    • The ChatGPT- AI Guide: Redefining Connection in the Digital Age
    • Books
      • 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)
        • Leadership Definitions by Major Authors
        • 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. . .
        • Recent (20) Post Issues
          • Post Archive of Articles
      • The POST
        • 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
      • Chair and Member Roles: The Nuance of Effective Leadership of a School Board
      • Chart on Issues by Political Party
  • The Horace Mann League’s Podcast Series
  • Annual Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Awardees of the Horace Mann League
  • Executive Director Job Description & Contract
  • The HML Director’s Handbook 2025
  • Nominating a Colleague
  • Letters from the Superintendent
  • The League’s Recruitment Toolkit

HML Videos

The Horace Mann League’s Video Archives

HML Gallery 1996-2023

2023 Annual Meeting Video -Presidents and Boards

HML Board Meeting and Annual Meeting 2015

The Iceberg Effect – Student Achievement

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The Horace Mann League

  • Welcome to the Horace Mann League
    • Horace Mann – The Person
    • Quotes of Horace Mann
    • 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
    • Horace Mann Schools
    • Horace Mann: An Exemplar of Reform
    • Horace Mann Film
  • Membership, Dues & Donations
  • HML Board
    • 2026 Officers and Directors
    • Leadership Profiles
      • Dr. Ruben Alejandro
      • Dr. Martin Brooks
      • Mr. Douglas Burge
      • Dr. Martha Bruckner
      • Roxann Ramsey-Caserio
      • Mr. Brent Clark
      • Ms. Jeanne Collins Deweese
      • Toba Cohen-Dunning, MSW, MPA
      • Dr. Linda Darling Hammond
      • Dr. Carl Hermanns
      • Jack McKay, HML Interim Executive Director, Resume
        • Dr. Jack McKay
      • Mr. Jimmy Minichello
      • Tobin S. Novasio
      • Dr. Kevin Riley
      • Dr. Theresa Rouse
      • Dr. Ray­mond Sanchez
      • Dr. Kenneth Spells
      • Dr. Jerry Thacker
      • Dr. Louis N. Wool
      • Dr. Gregory Wyman
    • Past Presidents & Executive Directors
    • Meeetings & Minutes
      • 2026 Meeting Minutes
        • 2026 Annual Meeting Minutes
        • February 12, 2026 Board Meeting
      • 2025 Board Meetings
        • Minutes, October 16, 2016
        • Agenda Packet of October 16, 2025
        • HML Information Meeting, Friday, August 22, 2025
        • Minutes of June 12, 2025
        • 2025 March 4 Minutes
        • January 16, 2025 Special Board Meeting
      • 2024 Meeting Minutes
        • Minutes of October 31, 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 & Contract
          • 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
            • February 12, 2026 Board Meeting
      • 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
      • Certificate of good Standing (original Nebraska)
      • Certificate of Registration (WA)
      • Articles of Incorporation
      • Tax Exempt Status
      • IRS 990 for 2024
      • Conflict of Interest Policy
      • The Executive Director Job Description (updated 12/19/25)
      • HML By Laws
        • HML Board Responsibilities
        • Purpose
        • Not-for-Profit Finance and Accounting
        • Optimum Results for Board Members
        • The HML Strategic Plan – 2020 and 2014
        • Fact Sheet
        • The HML Association
        • HML Demographics
      • The 2020 Strategic Plan
  • The League’s Champions of Public Education
  • Articles, Newsletters, & Cartoons
    • HML Videos
    • Champions of Public Education
    • 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
    • Creating a Remembered Presentation
    • Testimonials
    • Recently Published Books by HML Members
    • HML and NSR Study on International Education
    • HML – NSR Report on International Education (on YouTube)
  • Books, Articles, Posts, & Communications
    • Long-Range Planning: A School Leader’s Guide
    • Good to Great: The Guide to the Superintendent’s Success
    • Democracy and the Public School
    • The ChatGPT- AI Guide: Redefining Connection in the Digital Age
    • Books
      • 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)
        • Leadership Definitions by Major Authors
        • 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. . .
        • Recent (20) Post Issues
          • Post Archive of Articles
      • The POST
        • 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
      • Chair and Member Roles: The Nuance of Effective Leadership of a School Board
      • Chart on Issues by Political Party
  • The Horace Mann League’s Podcast Series
  • Annual Sponsorship Opportunities
  • Awardees of the Horace Mann League
  • Executive Director Job Description & Contract
  • The HML Director’s Handbook 2025
  • Nominating a Colleague
  • Letters from the Superintendent
  • The League’s Recruitment Toolkit
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