June 2019: School Administrator
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One Parent's Paradox: Pushing Academics or Personal Competencies?Academic glory doesn’t always pave the way for a well-lived life
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The Unhealthy State of the Smartphone AgeFrom studying today’s teenagers, Twenge sees considerable downsides stemming from their electronic obsessions
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The Naked Self-Interest of OverreachParenting actions complicate the lives of students and educators
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Lost Learning: The Age of Bubble-Wrapped KidsA movement that promotes loosening the tight reins on children’s personal activities
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The Opportunity Atlas: Childhood Roots of Social MobilityEconomist Raj Chetty led a study on how one’s particular neighborhood as a youth applies a defining impact on post-schooling futures
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'Parents Gone Wild' and the Policy Challenge in Affluent CommunitiesSchool districts populated by affluent families rarely studied
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Making Childhood Healthy AgainJulie Lythcott-Haims is working to reverse societal factors that lead to widespread anxiety and depression among students
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Helping Students Find a PurposeA purpose creates a desire to learn as soon as the student realizes that certain knowledge and skills are necessary
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Addressing Their Social-Emotional NeedsEmotional disorders in children are compelling educators to address social-emotional needs
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Contractual DutiesInfographic pointing to a divide between male and female leaders with written pacts.
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Sermonizing for the AssembledWhat do you do when a local pastor, long an ardent supporter of the public schools, regularly crosses the church-state divide at award assemblies?
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Connecting Visually With 360-Degree VideosA superintendent leverages virtual reality to enhance his school district's communication with the community.
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Infusing Credibility Into a Leadership Team
A public relations campaign won’t fix the matter. The author shares four tactics worth considering.
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Religious Invocations at GraduationWhen a principal gave a clergy member guidance for structuring his opening prayer, he crossed the line into unconstitutional behavior.
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New Teachers Seek a Place to Call Home
A superintendent and teacher experience a bonding moment of excitement and celebrating over the achievement of one student
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Our Equitable Push for Backpacks and Mental Health
There had to be a better way to help low-income families
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Shared Thoughts at Term's EndIT HAS BEEN a sincere honor and privilege to serve as AASA president this year and to share by way of the President’s Corner stories of my family, my experiences, scouting and paddling.
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Economic Reconsideration of the College TrackPromoting alternate post-secondary pathways for the 60 percent of high school grads unlikely to complete a four-year degree.
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A Farewell to AASA's Marathon Man, Peter CoronaOur association learned recently that Peter passed away at age 90 on Feb. 28
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Shedding Distractions to Forge AheadManaging a school district near Boise, Idaho, that’s suburban, diverse and fast-growing. Mary Ann Ranells featured in the June 2019 issue of School Administrator.
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Editor's Note
Writing Publicly
I’VE CARRIED a lifelong passion for the printed word, having known since elementary school that I wanted to land in the publishing world. Back then, as a pre-teen, I was using sheets of carbon paper (anyone remember those days?) to create multiple versions of a one-page newsletter divided into quarters to report on news involving each member of my family. In 6th grade, when a friend and I tried to create a class news sheet, we learned an important lesson about plagiarism.
I recognize not everyone who works in school leadership maintains a similar fondness for writing when so much of it is required for official purposes. Still, an increasing number have found professional fulfillment in their extracurricular writing. Some are channeling their educational leadership experiences into articles for this and other professional magazines. Others have the discipline for writing books — which we often highlight in the magazine’s “Why I Wrote This Book” section.
Others have discovered the rewards of maintaining a blog to share their insights on their work and their lives. Those whose pithy excerpts we publish in “Best of the Blogs” in School Administrator work in school systems rural, suburban and metropolitan. A directory of 98 members who blog can be found at www.aasa.org/SAblogs.aspx. (We’ll be updating the roster this summer so let me know if we’ve overlooked yours.)
I find the most valuable superintendents’ blogs are updated at least monthly. I commend your attention to them.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
Awards of Excellence
Association Media and Publishing named School Administrator the Silver Medalist in its 2020 EXCEL Awards program. The magazine shared the Silver with the American Society of Landscape Architects in the Magazine – General Excellence category for associations with between 10,001 and 20,000 members. Our entry consisted of the May, June and August 2019 issues.
In addition, School Administrator magazine received the Award of Excellence, the top level of recognition, in the magazine category of the National School Public Relations Association’s 2020 Publications and Digital Media Awards competition for its June 2019 issue, which addressed the changing forces of parenthood and childhood.
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