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.
READER REPLY
LEADERSHIP LITE