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Aligning Common Core, One Bite at a TimeBY JOSEPH T. CRAWFORD Follow a process that allows your staff to design and improve their own curriculum documents and build local expertise on the Common Core, says a consultant who works with school districts.
A Rural County Journeys to the Common Core
BY PANSY T. CEBALLOS
Small, rural school districts face a special challenge when implementing the next generation of academic standards. Here’s how a rural county has followed a four-step collaborative process to work with small districts in central California.
Next-Generation Assessments Aligned to the Common Core
BY JOSEPH L. WILLHOFT
The executive director of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium details the real-world performance tasks in English language arts and math that will be used in 2014-15 under the new Common Core.
Planting My Flag as a Leader of Learning
BY ROBERT R. MACGREGOR
The superintendent in Kelso, Wash., adopts a “cycle of inquiry” to guide his school district’s instructional leadership development.
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STARTING POINT
Making sense of the Common Core State Standards at the district level.
STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
Reasons for Being Hired
Men and women in the superintendency differ over what personal quality landed them in the job.
BEST OF THE BLOGS
Thoughtful excerpts from five superintendents’ blogs.
ETHICAL EDUCATOR
A Pass to the Basepaths
Should a student whose family is coping with tragedy receive special consideration at freshman baseball tryouts? A divided umpire crew weighs in.
LEGAL BRIEF
Not Guilty, But Not Fit
BY V. WAYNE YOUNG
Evidence of misconduct by an educator need not rise to the level required for a criminal conviction to support a dismissal action.
BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT
Creating Performance Goals That Matter
BY MICHAEL T. ADAMSON
By establishing meaningful, substantive goals, the superintendent exhibits personal character and the determination to consistently prove one’s value to school system leadership.
TECH LEADERSHIP
Why You Don’t Need an Employee Social Media Policy
BY SCOTT MCLEOD
Don’t be governed by statistically insignificant, unsubstantiated fear. By doing so, school districts may be barking up the wrong tree.
FOCUS
Surveillance Cameras on School Grounds
BY SARA C. CLARK
Before installing the video cameras as a pro-active safety measure, consider several legal issues.
MY VIEW
The Ritual ‘Hazing’ of Assistant Principals
BY GARY W. HOUCHENS
Troubling findings of a study about the in-between nature and role conflict of the assistant principal in schools.
MY VIEW
The Wild West of Scholastic Sports
BY JOHN E. ROBERTS
New state laws risk bringing anarchy to high school athletics, especially in rules governing eligibility of students.
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RESOURCE BANK
A study explores the supports first-year superintendents experienced.
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