September 2024: School Administrator
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Islands of SanityThe noted leadership consultant and book author writes about schools as a sustaining force for good amidst turbulent leadership challenges.
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A New Age of PartisanshipTraditionally, a local safety valve enabled local schools to set their own course, even in times of intense disagreement.
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A Familiar Refrain: Yesterday’s Culture WarsAn education historian draws on school controversies of the past 75 years where prominent superintendents found themselves under surprise fire on the job.
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Salary By DegreeThe median salaries of superintendents with varying degrees in higher education.
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Bluster in the BarbershopOur panel analyzes whether a school district DEI coordinator should speak up upon hearing a hateful comment in a public setting.
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Student Free Speech Delivered Off-Campus and Off-HoursA school district’s right to impose punishment of students for misguided online acts that disrupt schooling.
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Practices That Discourage MicromanagementAddressing board members who insert themselves into a superintendent’s duties and decisions.
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Because It’s Cutting-Edge Doesn’t Make It BetterThe superintendent in Dublin, Ohio, shares the thinking behind his shift away from one-to-one devices in primary classrooms.
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My Faith-Filled Leadership Empowers Others’ Growth
A superintendent considers the Bible an invaluable resource for guiding her professional decisions.
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Navigating the Political LandscapeSimple ideas to depoliticize education for the benefit of all students.
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Back to School: A Love LetterRemembering why you chose this profession: A love of learning and public schools.
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Barbara Delivers Customized Partnerships with AplombAASA's chief officer of sponsorships delivers an array of customized partnerships.
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Sidelight: Joseph S. FamularoA Sidelight features instrumentalist Joseph Famularo, superintendent in Bellmore, N.Y.
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Commitment to Serving All Catches NoticeA superintendent’s commitment to all leads to a new role in a new state.
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Editor's Note
Practitioner Thinking About Partisanship
Not long after the emergence of the pandemic, School Administrator launched a continuing look at the impact of partisan views on the workings of public schools. Our attention began by focusing on operating schools in a VUCA world (August 2020) and the “impossible position” faced by the individuals leading school systems (September 2021).
This month’s theme continues in that vein. Through the ideas and words of some of the sharpest thinkers on educational leadership, we look at partisan politicking and its effects. We also look backwards at the historical nature of such partisanship.
Our contributors include Carl Cohn and Jennifer Perry Cheatham, former superintendents whose names ought to be familiar to those who’ve been following our coverage. We’re also carrying the work of Erin Kane, a superintendent in Colorado writing about communication strategies in divisive times; Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, co-authors of the recently published book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual; and Adam Laats, an education historian who has studied the long lineage of culture wars in schooling.
We’re especially pleased (and thankful) to share the work of Meg Wheatley, whose work as a management consultant over the past 50 years has informed scores of organizational leaders. She draws in this issue from her latest book carrying a particularly applicable title Restoring Sanity: Practices to Awaken Generosity, Creativity and Kindness in Ourselves and Our Organizations.
We can’t wait for you, our readers, to dive in this month’s offerings. And I hope you won’t be reticent to let us know your reaction to particular articles or the overall coverage.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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