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The Sacred Band of School Administrators

There exists one body of educationists by the side of which the National Education Association looks almost old-fangled and traditionalist: and that is the American Association of School Administrators, made up of superintendents and principals. Though allied with, and generally conforming to, the National Education Association and its state affiliates, the AASA is even more dogmatically progressive and intolerant of opposition than is the NEA. The AASA, too, has its state affiliates. It may be roughly compared to a foremen’s union; but instead of being distinct from—and opposed in interest to— the factory-hands’ union, the members of the AASA also belong to, and substantially dominate, the NEA. It is a realm within a realm, or an exclusive club of administrators.

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The Sacred Band of School Administrators

There exists one body of educationists by the side of which the National Education Association looks almost old-fangled and traditionalist: and that is the American Association of School Administrators, made up of superintendents and principals. Though allied with, and generally conforming to, the National Education Association and its state affiliates, the AASA is even more dogmatically progressive and intolerant of opposition than is the NEA. The AASA, too, has its state affiliates. It may be roughly compared to a foremen’s union; but instead of being distinct from—and opposed in interest to— the factory-hands’ union, the members of the AASA also belong to, and substantially dominate, the NEA. It is a realm within a realm, or an exclusive club of administrators.