Superintendent's Office

Pat Murphy, Arlington Public Schools Superintendent

Dr. Patrick K. Murphy has been Superintendent of Schools since July 1, 2009. An Arlington County resident, Dr. Murphy has been an educator since 1988, serving the Fairfax County Public Schools for 19 of the intervening years in a variety of instructional leadership positions. During the final four years, he served as assistant superintendent for accountability, where he was responsible for testing, research and evaluation, and division- and school-based strategic planning.

Dr. Murphy is a native of Northern Virginia and attended W.T. Woodson High School. Click Here for more information on Dr. Murphy's career as an educator.

Scholastic.com Profiles APS Superintendent Murphy (September 2010)

Scholastic.com has posted a Leadership Profile of Dr. Murphy in its online magazine, Administr@tor. (More)

Current Topics

Meaningful Partnerships to Improve Academic Success for Latino Students: Presentation at the 2012 ALAS Summit on Hispanic Education

Ten Outstanding Things About APS: Superintendent's End-of-School-Year Message 2012

Superintendent's New Year's Message 2012

Strategic Plan

Dr. Murphy's Entry Plan

Final Entry Plan Report- Document | PowerPoint Presentation

Superintendent's Entry Plan Document Review

Dr. Murphy's First Day of School Presentation 2011

Dr. Murphy's End-of-Year Article in The Citizen

What Dr. Murphy is Reading

Domestic Migration to and from the Washington DC Metropolitan Area 1985-2010 by Lisa A. Sturtevant and Maurice B. Champagne, George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis July 2012
Insanely Simple by Ken Segall
Providing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners: The School and District Context, Educational Research Service, 1001 North Fairfax Street, Alexandira, VA 22314-1587.
It Stems from Algebra by Chris Dede and Jon Star
The Principal Pipeline by Samantha Cleaver
Education Week Commentary - Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability
Michael Fullan, Motion Leadership: The Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy
Malcom Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
Carol Dwek, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
John Medina, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
Chip Heath and Don Heath, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Linda Darling-Hammond, The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future

	Brian Wansink, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Bantam, 2006.
	Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, Crown Business, 2005
	Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, Picador, 2011
	Bill Milliken, The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic! Hay House, Inc., 2007
	Mark Lautman, When the Boomers Bail: How Demographics will Sort Communities into Winners and Losers, Logan Square Press, 2011