District Administration articles from January 2008

District Administration archives from January 2008

Team DA: shared reader expertise strengthens the DA community.(Editor's Letter)
January 1, 2008... THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, the most read leadership magazine for senior-level administrators in every K12 school system in the United States, has enormous expertise. While we work hard to bring you up-to-date and...

Condoms in schools.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the pressure on schools these days, it's easy to understand how a school board could step into certain areas with the notion that they're doing the right thing (Understanding the Times, December). Schools are...

Reading less or reading more?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... I am writing to clarify Stephen Krashen's November DA blog posting (www. DistrictAdministration.com/pulse), "Are We Reading Less and Reading Worse? Probably Not." First, the title of his article and its conclusion lack an empirical basis, and...

Kudos to Stager.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... I really appreciate Gary Stager's columns, especially "Stop the Insanity" (Speaking Out, October). It contains the key points for working effectively with at-risk kids. Charles Chrystal, director, office of special programs,...

Innovation in construction.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2008... We would like to address the accuracy of the statement, "One construction industry executive recently told me there is virtually no innovation in K12 school construction, yet it's generally more costly per square foot than other commercial...

Research at odds with accepted math and science performance.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
January 1, 2008... DESPITE COUNTLESS REPORTS on how the United States is falling behind in math and science education, a new report by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan policy research and educational organization, entitled "Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing...

States grapple with high school exit exams.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(exit exams to earn a diploma and graduate from high school)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A RECENT STUDY FROM THE CENTER ON Education Policy in Washington, D.C., says that this school year 65 percent of students will be required to pass one or more exit exams to earn a diploma and graduate from high...

Kansas and Louisiana students take bite out of Apple laptops.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] APPLE RECENTLY LANDED LARGE CONTRACTS WITH THE KANSAS City (Kan.) School District and Louisiana school districts to supply students with MacBook laptops. Each of the Kansas City district's 5,000 high school students...

E-rate filing made easier with new tool.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(new Form 471 Wizard fot E-rate Manager Services by Funds for Learning)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company, which administers the federal E-rate program, recently announced the opening and closing dates of the Funding Year 2008 E-rate Form 471 filing window: November...

$329 billion.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
January 1, 2008... Amount in wages high school dropouts from the class of 2007 could have earned over their lifetime if they had earned diplomas with their classmates. Source: Alliance for Excellent Education

Unique challenges of California administrators.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(www.edsource.org)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A NEW REPORT FROM THE California-based not-for-profit group EdSource, "Superintendents and Principals: Charting the Paths to School Improvement," demystifies the different roles superintendents and principals play in the state's schools and the...

Getting smart from working out.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... WITH KIDS TODAY HAVING MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO BE sedentary, from cable television and DVDs to the Internet and video games, a new study financed by the National Institutes of Health further stresses the importance of exercise, as it reports that...

Utah voters say no to vouchers.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(school voucher program)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... VOTERS IN UTAH KILLED WHAT would have been the nation's first statewide school voucher program promising tax dollars for private tuition regardless of how much a family earned or whether students were in poorly performing schools. It was...

Did you know?(BRIEFINGS: News Update)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About the same amount of respondents to the recent Annual National School Boards Association Technology Survey as last year--nearly 80 percent--said home access to the Internet for low-income students continues to be...

Greening the country's schools.(BRIEFINGS: Facilities/Construction Update)
January 1, 2008... THE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL Facility Planners International (CEFPI) recently announced a partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and the U.S. Green Building Council (US GBC) to participate in a multibillion-dollar Green Schools...

New online construction resources.(BRIEFINGS: Facilities/Construction Update)
January 1, 2008... A NEW WEB SITE LAUNCHED BY THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, www.BuildGreenSchools.org, gives administrators, teachers, elected officials, students and community members a new resource in the effort to provide a future of green schools and...

Ruling could simplify Pa. projects.(BRIEFINGS: Facilities/Construction Update)
January 1, 2008... IN THE PAST, DISTRICTS IN Pennsylvania hired the companies they need for construction projects by bidding out each job separately. A new ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, however, has paved the way for districts to ask permission from...

Museum road show.(BRIEFINGS: Curriculum Update)
January 1, 2008... GRAND PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY School in Joliet, Ill., takes advantage of Chicago Field Museum exhibits (www. fieldmuseum.org) loaned by the Harris Educational Loan Program in the Chicago area. For example, Julie Siegler, a third-grade teacher in the...

Drumming up cultural awareness.(BRIEFINGS: Curriculum Update)(teaching percussion instruments)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... STUDENTS AT LIME KILN MIDDLE School in Howard County, Md., are beating the drums for their World of Drumming music curriculum (worldmusicdrumming.com). Nellie Hill, the school's vocal music director, uses the curriculum to teach her general...

DARE to say goodbye.(BRIEFINGS: Curriculum Update)(Drug Abuse Resistance Education program replace with Enhanced HealthSmart Curriculum)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... SUFFOLK COUNTY Schools in New York have replaced their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program with the Enhanced HealthSmart Curriculum. DARE had provided classroom lessons taught Suffolk County police officers for almost 20 years on the...

Taking baby steps to meet NCLB requirements.(BRIEFINGS: Inside the Law)(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A NEW REPORT FROM the U.S. Department of Education written by experts from the RAND Corporation and the American Institutes of Research says that after five years of effort, states have implemented most of the test-based accountability...

Speakers against learners.(BRIEFINGS: Inside the Law)(segregation of english classes)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A NEW STATE LAW IN ARIZONA will require schools to segregate children who cannot pass an English exam into separate classrooms, where they will take a specially designed four-hour English language instruction course. The impending changes...

Presidential candidates speak out on merit pay.(BRIEFINGS: Inside the Law)
January 1, 2008... THE ISSUE OF MERIT PAY FOR teachers was a key talking point during the CNN Democratic debate on November 15. Here's what some of the candidates had to say. (Merit pay was not addressed during the November 28 Republican debate.) Sen. Joseph...

Outsourcing an ERP system.(District Profile: FULTON COUNTY (GA.) SCHOOL SYSTEM)
January 1, 2008... MANAGING THE OPERATION OF the Fulton County (Ga.) School System, the 47th-largest school district in the country, is a mammoth task. Making matters more difficult, in recent years the district has experienced significant growth, and yet until...

Tech success for special education.(Administrator Profile: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR JENNIFER ZIOLKO)
January 1, 2008... THE NATIONAL SCHOOL Board Association included Jennifer Ziolko on its 2006 list of the 20 most outstanding emerging leaders in education, based on her work implementing technology and supporting its use in special education classes throughout...

Strategies to increase learning.(Research Corner: ESSENTIALS ON EDUCATION DATA and RESEARCH ANALYSIS)
January 1, 2008... HOW CAN TEACHERS HELP students learn, remember, and apply academic skills and concepts? To answer this question, a panel of experts convened by the U.S. Department of Education recently examined research in cognitive science, experimental...

Landscape of a lifetime: Herb Kohl reflects on education today.(ON LOCATION)(Cover story)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FEW HAVE INSPIRED AS MANY EDUCATORS AS HERB KOHL. OVER THE past four decades, Kohl has been a teacher, principal, university teacher educator, social activist and author of more than forty books. His writing emerges...

Threat assessment plans: every district needs an action plan for averting violence.(SECURITY)
January 1, 2008... WITH EVERY NEW CASE OF school violence, district leaders are urged to be proactive in hopes of averting potential violence. And experts say part of that proactive work comes from a threat assessment plan that every district should have. ...

Enhancing student learning: create profound achievement gains through formative assessments.(ASSESSMENT)
January 1, 2008... IN RECENT YEARS WE EDUCATORS HAVE EXPANDED OUR thinking about what the assessment process can do; we have moved beyond using it simply to judge and grade achievement to using it to make changes in teaching that will lead to greater learning. We...

Addressing adolescent literacy: high school network addresses national deficiencies.(LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER)
January 1, 2008... THE NEED TO ADDRESS ADOLESCENT LITERACY WITH A "focus on English Language Learners has created a growing realization that instructional practices need to change. Only 4 percent of eighth-grade ELL students and 20 percent of students...

Carmel (Calif.) Unified School District: www.carmelunified.org.(How Well Does This Web Site Work? LEARN WHAT OUR WEB ANALYST SAYS IS RIGHT AND WRONG WITH THIS DISTRICT SITE)
January 1, 2008... THE CARMEL UNIFIED SCHOOL District, located 120 miles south of San Francisco and including the population centers of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach and Big Sur, enrolls 2,166 students and employs 335 staff members. Design...

Beyonce feels your pain: let's all make a simple New Year's resolution.(SPEAKING OUT)(Beyonce Knowles)
January 1, 2008... BY THE TIME YOU READ this, students will be bringing their Christmas gifts to school with them. It's natural to want to show off your goodies. Some of these items will be whimsical, others annoying, and some high-tech items might actually...

Teaching civics with social Web tools: giving student a "public voice" can teach civics and citizenship.(ONLINE EDGE)
January 1, 2008... WHEN 10-YEAR OLD LAURA wanted to do something special honor the memory of her grandfather during the holiday season, she decided to do one thing every day in December to make a difference in the world. But even better, she and her morn decided...

Do kids read less for fun? Blame standardized tests.(OVERHEARD ON THE PULSE)
January 1, 2008... SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A TEACHER who regularly invited her students to "drop everything and read their favorite books was asked by a colleague whether she was still setting aside class time for that purpose. She replied, "We haven't been doing any...

Building math: Walch Publishing.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.walch.com Software, $39.99/per volume Walch Publishing, in partnership with Tufts University and Boston's Museum of Science, has launched a middle school enrichment curriculum that inspires students to...

PDF Equalizer: Premier Assistive Technology.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.readingmadeez.com/PDFEqualizer.php Software, $89.95 With PDF Equalizer technology, users can access electronic books directly from the publisher, converting alternative media into accessible media without going through a conversion...

PJ500 series projectors: ViewSonic.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.viewsonic.com/projectors Hardware, Starting at $799 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ViewSonic's budget-friendly projectors include Texas Instruments' BrilliantColor technology. The PJ557D, PJ559D and PJ56OD each feature an extended...

CipaFilter: CifaFilter.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.cipafilter.com Hardware, $4,000-$10,000 average first-year cost; $1,500-$3,000 average annual cost thereafter CipaFilter's technology was designed to decrease overall management of a network and provide a better way to combat...

One More Story: One More Story.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... wwvv.onemorestory.com Books and materials, $1.10 per student per year One More Story targets pre-readers and early readers; its online library contains the best of classic and contemporary children's literature. Children choose a book,...

Talk&Listen: Communication Sales Group.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.talkandlistenkit.com Hardware, Pricing dependent upon customer needs The Talk&Listen kit is a portable, wireless, voice-silencing system for use in schools that removes the language barrier in order to leave no parent behind. The...

HD24613: HD Communications.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.hdwifi.com Hardware, $199 HD Communications' Wi-Fi wireless access point installs in a wall using a standard CAT5 Ethernet cable to power it and retrieve data. It installs in a single gang box and has an...

OSX 10.5: Apple.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.apple.com, Software, $129 Apple's Leopard (OS 10.5) operating system offers significant advancements in how users access files and maintain their system. It boasts 300 new features with plenty of wow factor....

InspireData 1.5: Inspiration.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.inspiration.com Software, $79 InspireData allows students in grades 4-12 to build critical data literacy skills by actively exploring and analyzing data using Venn diagrams and bar, stack, pie and axis...

Crystal HD video surveillance system: Covi Technologies.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.covitechnologies.com Hardware, Starting at $1,999 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Crystal HD cameras provide up to 12 times greater resolution and a 30 percent wider field of view than analog cameras, offering schools much better...

MyBrainTrainer: MyBrainTrainer.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Website overview)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.mybraintrainer.com Internet, $29.95/annual subscription MyBrainTrainer's Web site encourages and facilitates student learning through interactive, cognitive exercises that require users to respond rapidly to a series of random...

WordBuild vocabulary development system: Dynamic Literacy.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.dynamicliteracy.com Books and materials, $99 per teacher; Student activity book starts at $9.95 per student WordBuild's collection of educational materials was designed to improve vocabulary, language and reading comprehension...

Biometric Identification System: Food Service Solutions.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.foodservice.com Hardware, Contact for pricing The Biometric Identification System does away with PINs, personal lunch cards, or the need for students to carry lunch money. The company introduced...

TerraNova 3: CTB/McGraw-Hill.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.CTB.com/TerraNova3 Internet, Pricing dependent upon district needs TerraNova 3 is a research-based, norm-referenced assessment solution; that helps educators measure and monitor student progress. It motivates students to perform by...

Deep Freeze: Faronics.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.faronics.com Internet, $35 Administrators can use Deep Freeze to protect a workstation's operating system and software without restricting user access. With every system restart, it resets the computer to its original state,...

DAVID Organizing Assistant: Productive Education.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.bookwindows.com Books and materials, $35.95 per student/30-59 students These color-coded, nested pocket files allow students to quickly categorize, store, find and view their notes. They can...

Teracom IP: Teradon Industries.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.teradon.com, Hardware, Pricing varies Teracom's computer-based IP intercom system offers many different benefits. Schools can set their bells with tones from a computer or have their school song substitute for the bell to begin each...

Connect-ED: The NTI Group.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.ntigroup.com Internet, $3.60 per student per year Connect-ED enables school administrators to record, schedule, send and track personalized voice messages in minutes to tens of thousands of parents and staff via voice, text, e-mail...

Clarity 210i: Scantron.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.scantron.com, Hardware, $3,400-$8,700 As a hybrid data collection scanner, the Clarity 210i combines production-level data collection with high-resolution imaging in a single device. Handling up to 2,100 forms per hour, its features...

C.H.A.M.P.: Curriculum Associates.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.cainc.com Books and materials $12.00 per kit Curriculum Associates has partnered with the San Joaquin County Office of Education in California to honor English Language Learners who have been...

SSSMART: Questar Assessment.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.questarai.com Books and materials, Starts at $99/survey classroom set [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SSSMART targets students in grades 4-8 and focuses on their ability to read, understand, and learn from their science, social studies,...

StudentWatch Suite: Public School Works.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.publicschoolworks.com Software, Starts at $3,000 The StudentWatch Suite is an automated Web-based system for managing student safety. The Student Bullying Reporting System gives students and parents a...

Electronic Transcript system: National Transcript Center.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.transcriptcenter.com Internet, Pricing varies The Electronic Transcript System offers a pre-K12 solution that provides the same user interface and a centralized system for educators to send, receive, manage, track and import...

MaestroReading.com: MaestroReading.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.maestroreading.com Software, $50 per student--minimum 30 student accounts Elementary school teachers can use MaestroReading software to help teach children how to read. Features include Leonardo's Reading Adventure, which is an...

SU1500RTXL2Ua UPS System: Tripp Lite.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.tripplite.com, Hardware, $799 This solution from Tripp Lite maintains continuous operation through blackouts, voltage fluctuations and surges with zero transfer time; the system was designed for critical voice, data, medical and...

eBuddy: Earthwalk.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.earthwalk.com, Hardware, $729 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This semi-rugged eBuddy laptop withstands the rigors of everyday school use and accidental mishaps by incorporating industrial features such as a magnesium case and chassis,...

Destiny Resource Management Solution 8.0: Follett Software Company.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)
January 1, 2008... www.fsc.follett.com Software, Pricing dependent upon district needs Destiny's latest software version features a number of significant improvements, such as new Server Health Reports that give technical administrators a snapshot of the...

Actus Tale: Oikos Global.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.oikosglobal.com Books and materials, $11.95 The object of the Actus Tale game is to improve emotional intelligence and foster expression of thoughts and feelings in different life situations. If players pick a green Expression...

Get Ahead Math: Get Ahead Learning.(New Products: THE LATEST OFFERINGS IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and THE INTERNET)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... www.getaheadmath.com, Software, Pricing is on a per pupil basis Get Ahead Math is a standards-based intervention program that includes individual student workbooks, motivational tools such as progress charts and rules posters, and the...

Math video gaming engages New York City students.(Problem Solution: SUCCESS STORIES FROM DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION)
January 1, 2008... PROBLEM TROY FISCHER, THE DIRECTOR for the New York City Department of Education's Office of Instructional Technology, knew that more than one million students could sit in a room and deal with integers and algebraic equations, but he...

Harvard Education Press: Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation www.hepg.org, $24.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation by Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp offers the inside story of Denver's...

Rowman & Littlefield: Forced to Fail.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Forced to Fail www.rowmaneducation.com, $22.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Forced to Fail, Stephen Caldas and Carl Bankston trace the long legal history of racial segregation and desegregation in America, explaining...

Linworth Publishing: Collaborating to Meet Standards, 2nd ed.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... LINWORTH PUBLISHING Collaborating to Meet Standards, 2nd ed. www.linworth.com, $39.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the second edition of Collaborating to Meet Standards by Toni Buzzeo, teachers and elementary school library media...

Rowman & Littlefield: Strategic Communication During Whole-System Change.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Strategic Communication During Whole-System Change www.rowmaneducation.com, $34.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Strategic Communication During Whole-System Change by Francis Duffy and Patti Chance provides theoretical...

Jossey-Bass: Remarkable Leadership.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... JOSSEY-BASS Remarkable Leadership www.remarkableleadershipbook.com $27.95 Remarkable Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry is a practical handbook that identifies 13 competencies of remarkable leadership and offers a proven method for applying...

Jossey-Bass: The Courage to Teach, 10th ed.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... JOSSEY-BASS The Courage to Teach, 10th ed. www.josseybass.com, $27.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The tenth edition of The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer offers new content and an audio CD, featuring an 80-minute conversation between...

Rowman & Littlefield: Effective Communication for School Administrators.(Leadership Books: RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS)
January 1, 2008... ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Effective Communication for School Administrators www.rowmaneducation.com, $34.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Effective Communication for School Administrators by Theodore Kowalski, George Petersen and Lance Fusarelli...

Calendar of events.(List)(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... JANUARY 2008 * Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) January 22-25 Orlando, Fla. www.fetc.org DA Web Seminar Best Practices in Continuous Improvement and Data-Driven Decision Making January 22 ...

Addressing diversity's gray areas: the new Supreme Court desegregation policies leave some unanswered questions.(PROFESSIONAL OPINION)
January 1, 2008... ON THE VERY LAST DAY OF its 2007 term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that will affect schools, school board members, administrators, students, and parents for years to come. The Court struck down the voluntary integration plans...