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• The New Job: Tailored Fit or Misfit?

  by Ruth E. Sternberg

  Vital signs for a superintendent’s move range from the board’s confirmation vote to state of bathroom cleanliness.

  Similar Reading: Sizing Up a Superintendency: Does the Shoe Fit? and To Get This Job, You Need To Know Someone

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• Succession: Insiders Vs. Outsiders

  by Jay Mathews

  Candidates for the superintendency find benefits and downsides to both insider and outsider status.

  Similar Reading: Look for Powder Kegs Before Signing On and What Impresses Boards in a Search? and Should the Outgoing Superintendent Help To Find a Successor?

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• Myth of the Revolving Door Superintendency

  by Gerald Natkin, Bruce Cooper, Lance Fusarelli, James Alborano, Arthur Padilla and Sujit Ghosh

  A team of researchers from University of North Carolina, Fordham, East Stroudsburg State University and North Carolina State University discovers, contrary to popular view, superintendent tenure runs much longer than most believe.

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• Why Do the Hokey-Pokey?

  by Randy Ross

  A concocted scenario in which a superintendent rationalizes the rhetoric of school accountability while confronting the needs of diverse populations. Ross is vice president for research and development, Los Angeles County Alliance for Student Achievement.

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