November 2017: School Administrator
A focus on equity, integration and rigor in culturally diverse schools
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Additional Articles
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Building an Environment of Care, Safety and Respect
Creating and maintaining a learning and work environment that holds at its center a sense of sincere caring, safety and respect is critical to student success.
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An Equity Lens for Equitable Decisions
Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin, in his blog The Permanent Rules, discusses the need for a new approach to decision making.
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Morris Superintendent Q&A: Where We Stand on Districtwide Integration Today
In his third year as superintendent of the Morris School District in Morristown, N.J., says he is proud to be part of the district’s unique history of effective integration and is committed to maintaining it in a world where demographic trends bring steep challenges.
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Raising Rigor in a Suburban District
David F. Larson, superintendent of the Glenbard Township High School District 87 in suburban Chicago, offers suggestions for education leaders for pursuing equity in high-level instruction.
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Equity Goals and Equity Visits
Participants in a superintendent network jointly study each other's diverse schools in pursuit of high-leverage academic goals.
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Combating Hatred Among Us
A racially charged exchange between two school leaders reveals the pressing need for sustained reflection on our core democratic values.
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Becoming an Ally in the Battle for Social Justice
What a former Long Island superintendent and author of a book on the subject has learned about white privilege as she promotes multicultural understanding.
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Measures of Effectiveness
Superintendents rank the factors that best gauge school quality.
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The 'Morally Offensive' Magazine Cover
The principal cancels a journalism class’s subscription to Time over the image of a breast-feeding mother, and the dispute reaches the superintendent’s desk.
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Livestreaming to the World From Classrooms
Broadcasting live on social media lets stakeholders experience school events, but there are risks to consider.
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'Who's Paying You?' A Question of Outside Employment
The important matter of public perceptions, in addition to legalities, of the superintendent’s work activities for a third party.
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Expect Consequences When Social Media's Unchecked
The superintendent can help prevent unfortunate mistakes by board members by promoting a few sound principles.
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The Day 'Charlottesville' Captured New Meaning
Charlottesville superintendents speak to leading during a crisis.
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Using Questions to Blow the Lid Off What's Possible
The act of reframing a situation by school leaders to give better direction and focus.
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Our Agility in Responding to Constant Change
Educators tend to complain about change that wouldn't qualify as real change in other workplaces today.
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Taking Time for Relationships
A central-office leader uses short personal visits with staff members across the district.
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Loving Diversity in Public Education
IN JULY, I HAD the privilege of attending the Canadian Association of School System Administrators conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Our Campaign for Equity
Positioning superintendents as thought leaders on equity in education.
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Julie Luetjen on Human Resources Management
The out-of-view personnel work that keeps AASA running effectively.
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Like Father, Like Son
An AASA member profile on W. Burke Royster, superintendent, Greenville County, S.C.
Staff
Editor's Note
A Lens on Equity
In preparation for drafting this editor’s note, I reviewed Matt Utterback’s Twitter feed over the past six months. That made it easy to see how this award-winning superintendent has immersed himself in the work of improving the lives of his students from their varied upbringings and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Utterback leads the 17,000-student North Clackamas schools, a district on the southern fringe of Portland, Ore., where he has made student equity the prevailing issue on his leadership agenda. He describes some facets of that work in his article “Leadership Through an Equity Lens."
The superintendent’s back story involving an adopted brother from Korea, which he relates in an opening narrative, gives us insight into what motivates his work on racial and cultural equity so forcefully — for which he was recognized earlier this year as the National Superintendent of the Year.
His account is one of a half dozen articles in this issue addressing culturally diverse schools and how some educators are raising rigor, integrating students and promoting core democratic values.
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