January 2023: School Administrator
Measurements in Education
This magazine issue examines the strategies districts can use to effectively assess systems and students in a changing education landscape.
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Additional Articles
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Data Teams and Collective Educator EfficacyA school district’s partnership with the American Institutes for Research led to instructional coaches using statistics for improved purposes.
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How the Pandemic Changed Our Thinking about Teacher EvaluationAn intermediate education agency refocuses staff performance reviews to include evidence of student engagement.
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My Work Is ValuedA wide range of superintendents feel appreciation on the job, a survey suggests.
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Romantic EntanglementsOur panel analyzes a superintendent struggling to decide whether to reveal information she learned during a relationship with a fellow superintendent.
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Employee Political Speech During Polarizing TimesWhere’s the fine line that separates acceptable messaging by staff members from unprotected speech?
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Managing Public Comment
Practical measures to skirt negative behavior by those with disruptive voices at school board meetings.
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Unsecured Guns and the School-Home PartnershipA former superintendent has common-sense precautions to prevent tragic outcomes involving students.
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The Beatings Must Stop
Drawing on decades in the superintendency, the author has decided views on the use of in-school paddling in 2023.
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Advancing Your Strategic Plan in a Summer Retreat
Four important steps to prepare an administrative growth session.
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What We Focus On GrowsAre schools measuring what really matters for learners?
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The Questionable Forms of Student AssessmentStudent testing has seen major developments since the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Harvard District Promotes Dual Languages as Equity AssetA small district’s unique immersion program helps learners and builds community.
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A Latina Pioneer Ready for AASA’s Helm
AASA’s incoming president has been a pioneering leader.
Staff
Editor's Note
Educating About Violence Prevention
I’d honestly never thought much about a role for educators to play in curtailing the tragic number of injuries and deaths that befall school-age youngsters because of the easy access of firearms in their homes. That changed when I received a manuscript submission last May on this topic from Ken Mitchell, a longtime AASA member who serves as editor of AASA’s quarterly electronic publication, the Journal of Scholarship and Practice. He called his submission a “Dear Colleague” letter.
Mitchell brings a load of credibility to this issue from his four decades in public education, as he references in his My View commentary, “Unsecured Guns and the School-Home Partnership." Sadly, he’s no outside observer to gun violence in schools and beyond. In one episode, during his time as superintendent of a suburban school district in New York, he had to disarm a parent with mental illness who confronted him inside his school district office.
There’s a lot of common sense in his message.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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