School Administrator: April 2022

School Integration
 



Making Strides on School Integration
BY HALLEY POTTER AND MICHELLE BURRIS
Several school systems are making progress on racial and socioeconomic integration, according to a pair of researchers with the Century Foundation who studied the districts.

Acknowledging a Crisis
BY DECOTEAU J. IRBY
New creative structures and routines that have worked during the pandemic deserve to endure in the fight against racial inequities in K-12 education. The author recently published Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership.

    Academic Redlining
    BY CHRISTOPHER H. TIENKEN AND J. KENYON KUMMINGS
    The school district in Wildwood City, N.J., with about 1,000 students, is attempting to eliminate educational inequities that are hiding in plain sight.

    Navigating Discussions of Race and Class
    BY PETER L. STIEPLEMAN
    A superintendent’s self-reflective review of how his leadership work addressing racial equity played out during his seven-year tenure in a Missouri school system.

    Viewing the World Differently
    BY BARUTI K. KAFELE
    To serve students well, a veteran urban principal insists educators understand their cultural identities and act to change learners’ attitudes. The author recently published The Equity & Social Justice Education 50: Critical Questions for Improving Opportunities and Outcomes for Black Students.

     
     

    STARTING POINT
    A superintendent on sabbatical is attaining a goal of sharing publicly an assessment of his school system leadership.
       
    STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
    Post-Retirement Plans
    What superintendents plan to do after leaving their posts.

     BEST OF THE BLOGS
    Thoughtful excerpts from four AASA members’ blog posts.
    ETHICAL EDUCATOR
    A Hefty Gift of Appreciation
    Grateful parents of a young student during the pandemic give the principal a pair of front-row concert tickets, but he wonders if he ought to accept.

     LEGAL BRIEF
    Balancing Body Camera Use in Schools
    BY V. WAYNE YOUNG
    An attorney examines the mixed picture of video images and what to do about footage captured outside on school grounds.
     
    BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT
    Pushing Policy as Board Committee Driver
    BY NICHOLAS D. CARUSO JR.
    Practical ways to prevent your school board subcommittees from burying staff in extraneous assignments.
     
    Passion for The Beatles and the Power of Analogies
    BY JOSEPH M. PORTO
    Analogies tied to his favorite musicians’ song titles lend an offbeat view of tackling organizational leadership.
     

    MY VIEW
    Our ‘Sinister’ Agendas
    BY MARK M. LANE
    An Iowa superintendent has strong words for wrongheaded legislators who see devious deeds in the work of public school leaders.

    Lead Like a Good Run
    BY NICHOLAS I. CLEMENT
    What constitutes a good jog can lend us insights on leading an organization at the proper pace.

    MY VIEW
    School Resource Officers Deserve a Continuing Role
    BY FRANK E. MORGAN
    Reframing the debate over assigning law enforcement personnel inside schools.

    • Book Reviews
    • Abstract
    • Bits & Pieces

     

      

    PRESIDENT’S CORNER
    On Equity in Education
    BY PAUL W. IMHOFF
    The responsibility of education leaders to ensure success for every child.

    EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
    Politicization, Pandemic Threaten Our ‘Equitable’ Mission
    BY DANIEL A. DOMENECH
    AASA’s long history of looking out for marginalized students.

    Highlighting the recent career movements of AASA members.

    PROFILE    : Curtis A. Cain
    BY MERRI ROSENBERG
    The suburban St. Louis superintendent named the 2022 National Superintendent of the Year manages rapid growth and politicization with a measured demeanor.

     


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