School Administrator: May 2022

Civics Education
 



A Debate Over Civics Education
 BY RICK HESS AND PEDRO NOGUERA
Two prominent figures in U.S. education policy, often differing ideologically, find common ground on teaching students how to think about citizenship and how educators ought to approach the American story.

Teaching Civic Online Reasoning Across the Curriculum
BY JOEL BREAKSTONE AND SARAH MCGREW
Helping students instructionally to wade through a deluge of questionable digital information to make competent decisions.

    ‘A Cry for Help From a Generation of Young People’
    BY WILLIAM E. SMITH
    A federal judge in Rhode Island lays out, in an opinion from the bench, a dispassionate rationale for civics education today in K-12 schooling.

    Teaching Fact From Fiction
    BY CHARLES SALTER
    The author, a former superintendent, runs a national program for creating media-literate citizens for American democracy at the middle and high school levels.

    Intellectual Virtues and the Formation of Good Citizens
    BY JASON S. BAEHR
    Equipping students with the character strengths that support democracy, illustrated through the curriculum of a middle school in Long Beach, Calif.

    Rethinking What Districts’ Digital Citizenship Should Be
         BY VANESSA MONTEROSA
    The author was at the helm of a districtwide initiative that shaped a set of practices for employees and students through policies, partnerships and professional learning.


    STARTING POINT
    From journalism training to the media literacy needs of all.
       
    STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
    Declining Age
    The superintendency is growing younger over the past decade.

     BEST OF THE BLOGS
    Four thoughtful excerpts on leadership today from AASA members’ blogs.
    ETHICAL EDUCATOR
    Disqualification Over a Misogynistic Meme
    What to do when a board member discovers that a top contender for the superintendent vacancy had posted an offensive image on social media a few years back?

     LEGAL BRIEF
    Alternatives to the Superintendency
    BY SARA G. BOUCEK
    Disrupting traditional structures for school system leadership face legislative limits.
     
    BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT
    Preventing Board Members’ Attempted End Runs
    BY KAREN G. RUE
    Being on the same team with your board and staff means resisting entreaties by individual board representatives.
     
    Listening to Parent Voices About SEL
    BY ADAM TYNER
    Better ways to connect with parents and community about attending to students’ social and emotional learning.
     

    MY VIEW
    Equity Thoughts From a Diversity Trainer
    BY SANDY D. WOMACK JR.
    A case for using terms other than “equity” to address issues of race, racism and inequity.

    Mapping the Route to Better Professional Learning
    BY NICOLE BRESLOW AND GEORGIA BOCK
    Four strategies for measuring return on investment from staff development activities.

    • Book Reviews
    • Abstract
    • Bits & Pieces

     

      

    PRESIDENT’S CORNER
    An Educated Citizenry
    BY PAUL W. IMHOFF
    Encouraging and modeling civic engagement for this generation’s young people.

    EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
    Truth Decay in a Period of Divisiveness
    BY DANIEL A. DOMENECH
    Working in students’ best interests amidst flourishing misinformation on equity and student support.

    Our monthly capture of career movements of AASA members.

    PROFILE    : Quincy Natay
    BY JULI VALENTINE
    The superintendent in Chinle, Ariz., defines better futures the Navajo way.


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