March 2016: School Administrator
Six factors contributing to rural district's surprisingly productive yields
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Additional Articles
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Identifying ‘Superstars’ in Rural Settings
We asked leaders in 30 districts why they thought they received their productivity results
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Doing the Most With What They Have
Every highly productive rural school system has found its own way to success
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The Leveling Effect of Our 1:1 Initiative
A rural Missouri superintendent's take on his district's 1:1 initiative for conquering a technology gap.
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Federal Adviser on Open Education Aims at Classrooms
Free, openly licensed resources are available to teachers
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Won’t You Stay a Little Longer?The challenge in rural America of teacher recruitment and retention
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The Demands on the First-Time Rural SuperintendentCase studies of four leaders of remote districts on their early-career challenges
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Different Worlds: Rural and Urban PovertyThe author shares the empirical differences and their implications for school leadership in the two sectors
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Elapsed Time Between Application and AppointmentAASA measures the months between someone’s application and appointment to a top job.
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Sampling Vintages OverseasHow would our four-member panel address a complaint that a teacher chaperoning a school trip to Europe allowed a few students of legal age to taste the local wine?
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Police Cameras in School: Privacy vs. NecessityWhether a body-worn camera constitutes an illegal search depends on where the police officer is situated within the school at the time.
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When an Ex-Superintendent Lands on the Board
Dealing with the trepidation of discovering a former district administrator is joining the board of education.
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Cat’s in the Cradle: My Work-Life Balance
How one school administrator acted on that out-of-sync feeling and made a major career change.
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How We Coped During Ferguson Unrest … and Shined
A superintendent's account of dealing with the aftermath of the Michael Brown killing that occurred inside his Missouri school district.
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Redefining Readiness in New WaysWhat an awesome National Conference on Education we had last month in Phoenix.
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Skepticism Falls to a Rare Bipartisan ActThe role of AASA, backed importantly by its state associations, in pulling off a long-overdue reauthorization by Congress.
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Student Reading Plus Parent Engagement
Superintendents make use of a new program to instill a love of books among students.
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Bonding Billings Into the FutureThe leader in Billings, Mont., has bonded the district to its future.
Staff
Editor's Note
Rural Relevancy
When the magazine staff discussed the articles generated for this month’s theme issue on leadership in rural America, we were struck by how so many of the topics applied just as well to those running larger school districts in metropolitan areas. Issues such as the leveraging of classroom technology, the return on public investment and the first-year experiences in the superintendency — each of which is addressed here along with much more — play equally well across all demographic spheres.
This also may be true in the manner school districts think today about curriculum. Relevant content no longer is confined to printed textbooks. This is particularly so with the availability of open curriculum — or what we call “open educational resources” in the detailed account by veteran education journalist Bill Graves.
Strong content can originate in any number of places. The rise of open resources will enable creative teachers to make an unlimited array of adaptations to their classroom instruction. School districts such as the rural Grandview School District in Washington portrayed in our coverage will enable their staffs to adapt the curriculum to meet their students’ specific needs and interests. The use of open educational resources might energize learning communities of committed teachers and administrators.
I’m sure we’ll be revisiting this newly emerging subject before long, so I’d welcome hearing from our readers about their own experiences down the line.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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