School Administrator: March 2017
Digital Curriculum




Cultivating Capital Payoffs

BY MARK A. EDWARDS
When school systems go digital, it’s the attention to human capital, social capital and decisional capital that will bring academic gains, according to the architect of the model program in Mooresville, N.C.

Promoting Digital Access and Equity
BY THOMAS J. VANDER ARK
The author of Getting Smart (and a former superintendent) shares 10 ideas for ensuring personalized instruction benefits all children.


    Evaluating EdTech: A Strategy for Selecting Digital Tools

    BY JESSICA LINDL
    An executive with Common Sense Education removes some of the bewilderment when it comes to a school district’s decision making about acquiring online curriculum and instructional resources.


    The New Relationship Between Digital Content and Curriculum
    BY KAREN M. BEERER
    What’s involved in transitioning from print textbooks to dynamic electronic content and ensuring well-aligned and articulated instruction reaches all students?

    Differentiating Personal and Personalized Learning
    BY RANDY HANSEN AND DANICA JUSTSEN
    The differences are subtle. What really matters is teaching students as individuals.

     




    STARTING POINT 
    The choice of subject belongs to the AASA president, and each brings his or her unique touches to the monthly column.

    STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
    Personal Growth
    How much time do superintendents spend each month on their own development?

    BEST OF THE BLOGS
    Four brief excerpts from superintendents’ recent blog postings.

    ETHICAL EDUCATOR
    A Swerve Outside the Lines
    Our panel considers how a superintendent handled a school board member’s request for a letter of reprimand to be placed in a teacher’s personnel file.

    SOCIAL MEDIA
    My ABCs of Community Engagement
    BY JOE SANFELIPPO
    The superintendent in Fall Creek, Wis., knows how to bank social capital in his small community.

    LEGAL BRIEF

    Uncivil Rights: Preserving Decorum at Board Meetings
    BY V. WAYNE YOUNG
    The law can be your ally for ensuring civility when members of the public get unruly.

    BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT
    Your Board’s Expectations: Visible and Communicative

    BY THOMAS F. EVERT
    You can’t go wrong communicating more, not less, with members of the school board.

    MY VIEW
    An Unfortunate Tale of Our Catch-Up Kids

    BY DAVID J. MOSCINSKI
    Does pushing young children into walking, talking and toileting too soon lead to reading instruction and expectations at too young an age? A veteran superintendent sees those signs.

    MY VIEW
    Educators’ Role in A.D.H.D. Misdiagnoses

    BY ALAN SCHWARZ
    While researching attention deficit disorders in children, the author suspected schools would be held responsible for the epidemic rise in diagnoses. But he discovered otherwise.

    MY VIEW
    My Jailhouse Visit and What I Learned of Missed Potential

    BY ROBERT M. AVOSSA
    To better understand why teen-aged students drift away from school, the superintendent visited the county detention center to speak with young inmates — all dropouts prior to incarceration.

    Reading & Resources

    • Book Reviews
    • Why I Wrote This Book...
    • Abstract
    • Bits & Pieces


     

      

    PRESIDENT’S CORNER
    As We Know It

    BY ALTON L. FRAILEY
    AASA’s president takes on “solutions” for K-12 schools that are neither grounded in fact nor based on a common good.

    EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE
    Groundwork for the Digital Classroom

    BY DANIEL A. DOMENECH
    What will it take to make the great Digital Leap?

    INSIDE AASA
    MaryAnn Jobe on Leadership Development
    The association’s projects of late focus on education leadership for principals and women leaders.

    PEOPLE WATCH

    The career moves of school system leaders plus a Sidelight shines on Elkhorn, Neb.’s superintendent for three decades as stadium announcer for football games.

    PROFILE: Jay D. Badams
    BY KRISTIN C. HUBING
    The leader in Erie, Pa., is waging a valiant battle for the fiscal survival of his city’s schools.




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