BY SCOTT LaFEE BY TONY R. DAVIS
A staff development director with McREL shares observations about how school districts are introducing measures to assess teachers. 
STARTING POINT
The editor’s overview of this issue on career transitions in and out of the superintendency. STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY
Memberships Paid by Districts
An infographic about the professional memberships underwritten by the school board. BEST OF THE BLOGS
Five pithy excerpts from the postings of AASA member superintendents. ETHICAL EDUCATOR
A Confidentiality Conflict
Our panel tackles the fitness of the superintendent’s decision to hire a local newspaper reporter as a part-time communication consultant for the district. LEGAL BRIEF
Navigating Insurance Payouts in a Storm Aftermath
BY STEVEN R. SMITH
What it took to resolve a dispute over the rebuilding of a tornado-ravaged high school. BOARD-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT
Don’t Let Board Members Go Rogue
BY SUSAN B. BIRDSEY
A once-confident superintendent discovered you can’t spend too much time connecting with the board after she watched a single vote unravel hard-earned stakeholder trust. TECH LEADERSHIP
Meeting Demand for a District’s Mobile App
BY GREGORY C. FARLEY
A technology team in Hazlet Township, N.J., launched a mobile app for community access to the most timely information. OUR VIEW
A Lead Role for Districts in Teacher Training
BY BARBARA NEMKO and HAROLD J. KWALWASSER
Five reasons why school systems are better positioned than state universities to raise the next crop of teachers to populate their classrooms. MY VIEW
We Are All in This Together
BY CYNTHIA M. STEVENSON
Four points from the superintendent of a school district that put in place a pay-for-performance measure for its teachers.
RESOURCE BANK
How do superintendents get new values and past practices of the organization to work in concert with each other, a recent doctoral dissertation asked.
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