Get ready to launch into an unforgettable conference experience! Whether you’re charting new territory in authorizing or are a veteran navigator, NACSACon 2025 meets you exactly where you are. Join us in “Space City” as we center the:
Connect with hundreds of fellow authorizers, school leaders, and public education professionals as you gain actionable insights and practical tools to fuel your work.
Kick off NACSACon with energy and hope. Take an honest look at where we’re at. Hear the best ideas about what the future can hold.
Where are we at? The latest NAEP scores paint a stark picture of students far behind, and widening, long-standing gaps. At the heart of our stalled public education recovery are two challenges: a retreat from accountability and a hesitation to embrace innovation.
Yet, here’s the hope: bright spots across the U.S. show that when accountability and innovation intersect, schools accelerate learning and deliver what students need. This is what we call the Excellence Equation: the powerful intersection of accountability and innovation
that drives meaningful change.
Who better to frame this hopeful future than Darryl Cobb, President of the Charter School Growth Fund? CSGF partners with some of the nation’s highest-performing charter schools—many right here in Texas. Darryl will share what this intersection looks like in action and how each of us can bring it back home.
Cobb will be joined by Dr. Adriana Tamez, Ed.D., President & CEO, Tejano Center for Community Concerns and Superintendent of Houston-based Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success. Building on CSGF’s Leader to Leader series, Cobb and Tamez will discuss what can we learn from leaders who are unlocking better student outcomes. They’ll get concrete about how accountability and innovation actually work together. And they’ll connect this to the daily work of authorizing.
Show up, NACSACon! This keynote sets the stage for two full days of learning, connection, and celebration. Explore what’s possible for all of our students, so you can return home feeling empowered, equipped, and inspired to make it happen for yours.
Lead the way—bring your vision to the forefront of authorizing.
We’re seeking a diverse group of speakers and session leaders ready to spark bold conversations, share powerful insights, and drive real change in public education.
We want sessions designed to empower leaders, tackle big challenges, and advance and strengthen the ideas and practices of authorizing to ensure every student has access to a quality public school.
This is your chance to shape the conversations that matter most.
Learn more and submit your proposal by:
Whether you’re just stepping into the world of authorizing, work in a related field, or serve on a school board and want to deepen your understanding—NACSA’s Authorizing 101 workshop is made for you.
This workshop blends flexible online learning with hands-on, scenario-based activities during a special in-person session held before our official NACSACon kickoff. Complete self-paced pre-work to build your foundational knowledge, then come together with other new and novice professionals to apply your learning in real-world scenarios guided by NACSA experts. Learn more and register.
