January 2026: School Administrator
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Spotlighting Student-Centered Learning in Four School SystemsAn array of school districts meeting students where they are and nurturing their unique skills.
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Principle 1: The Promise of Student-Centered LearningThe first in a five-part series taking deep dives into each of the five principles of AASA’s framework for a future-ready education.
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Legal Counsel on ContractsA rising tally of superintendents rely on attorneys to negotiate their work pacts.
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Breaking the SilenceOur ethics panel analyzes whether a high school’s social studies department should stage open classroom discussions on authoritarianism and democracy.
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Finding Patterns, Money Savings and FocusUsing ChatGPT to collect and analyze data efficiently, in this debut of a monthly column on leadership uses for artificial intelligence.
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The Onboarding Nobody Talks AboutEngaging all board of education candidates before an election takes place.
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Managing the Message: E-mail SurvivalHow the author makes his electronic communication as superintendent more effective and less time-consuming.
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STEM Education Is More than a District’s TechnologyA South Dakota district’s experience investing in inquiry-based, experiential learning.
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Student Tech Teams Expand Districts’ IT Capacity
A hands-on learning experience also broadens timely tech support in schools.
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Resisting Our Temptation to Ban All PhonesExtreme measures don’t prepare students for a rapidly changing world of technology, argues this Pennsylvania superintendent.
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Missing Out on the Changed Nature of Parent Organizations
Taking advantage of a crucial piece of the family engagement puzzle.
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Creating On-Ramps for Our StudentsIntegrating community activities and engaging on social media helped the AASA president reframe his district.
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The Story Is Ours to TellMoving AASA’s Public Education Promise forward as a shared vision for the future of public schools.
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Sidelight: Theodore StevensA Sidelight on Theodore Stevens, an Indiana superintendent who collects farm tractors — dozens of them.
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Lofty Aspirations Overseas and at HomeA superintendent’s aim of bringing a culture of belonging in the American school he leads in Singapore.
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Editor's Note
Attending to AI Applications
Two things in this month’s issue deserve special notice.
First, School Administrator will be shining some attention through 2026 on AASA’s Public Education Promise, which articulates a fundamental redesign of our K-12 education system. The initiative centers on five principles, so every other month, beginning with this issue, we will focus on a single principle with a feature-length contribution involving one or two senior members of the AASA staff.
Second, we are introducing a monthly column, AI Applied, that will offer practical applications of artificial intelligence tools in the leadership and management of public schools. The first installment, written by Lance Gibbon, illustrates how one superintendent is modifying his workflow.
I want to thank Gibbon, who is the superintendent of the Hood Canal School District in Skokomish Nation, Wash., and Amy Alzina, superintendent of Cold Spring School District in Santa Barbara, Calif., for their guidance in helping me think through the possibilities before the launch of this important monthly addition to the magazine.
I expect Gibbon and Alzina will be semi-regular contributors to AI Applied, though I’d welcome hearing from others with inspired ideas for our consideration.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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