Dr. Philip Hickman on Blogger

  The current superintendent of Columbus Municipal School District in Columbus, Mississippi, Dr. Philip Hickman is also one of six United States Department of Education National Ambassadors. During his professional career as an educator, Philip Hickman has also served as a board member of Turn the Page KC in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 2011, Turn the Page KC is a program that was founded to develop third graders’ reading proficiency, which at the time was at a low of 33 percent. Due to volunteer and community efforts, by 2016 Turn the Page KC saw reading test scores rise to 52 percent. Turn the Page KC focuses on providing early reading opportunities to low-income families, providing literacy-rich environments for children during their early years. Providing children with age-appropriate books to keep at home, the organization also introduces families to literacy programs in the community that can lay the foundation for their child’s education.

As the superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District in Columbus, Mississippi, since 2014, Dr. Philip Hickman has received national recognition for his focus on technology and instructional transformation. Considered a leading expert in determining best practices for educational uses of technology, Dr. Philip Hickman regularly speaks at a variety of educational meetings, including one in 2016 for the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) . In 1870, the National Association of School Superintendents merged with the National Teachers Association to form the National Education Association. From this merger, the Department of Superintendents was formed, and in the 1930s the administration broke away and became its own entity as the AASA. Today the AASA advocates for school system leaders and serves as a voice reaching the leaders on Capitol Hill. One of the events sponsored by the AASA is the annual National Conference on Education. The 2017 event, scheduled f...