November 2021: School Administrator
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‘They Don’t Just Stop at the Border’The special challenge of educating non-English-speaking immigrants in the midst of a long-running public health crisis
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Reversing a Downward SpiralA former superintendent guides the restart of an urban school by building up three legs of success
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Spirit Work and the Science of CollaborationAn examination of education leaders building faith, hope, trust and love in school communities
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Equity Discussion LeadersWho leads discussions about equity in your school district?
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A Rubric Targeting ColorA seemingly unbiased rubric is showing disproportionately unsatisfactory evaluations for male teachers of color. What to do?
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Board Member as Boss and Employee?Can a school board member seek employment within his or her own school district?
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Dealing With Misogynistic Board MembersInterventions for dealing with inappropriate comments toward women superintendents and administrators.
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Filling in the GapsUsing social media to tell your school district’s side of every story.
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The Drive-By ExperienceThe importance of feedback, both positive and negative, for teachers and rising administrators
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What Ryan White Taught Me about a COVID-19 ReopeningA reflection on the coronavirus pandemic upon the 31st anniversary of Ryan White’s death during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Creating and Sustaining Environmental Education DistrictwideHow project-based learning can be incorporated into environmental education programs.
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Meeting Students Where They AreRecognizing that equity considers individual circumstances and experiences.
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Forward Thinking About Vulnerable StudentsCreating actionable recommendations and change during an opportune time.
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Sidelight: Brian RiccaAn AASA member referees high school basketball
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Applying His Own Student Experiences in DetroitThe superintendent in Detroit is committed to elevating the role of parents in their children’s education.
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Editor's Note
Birth of a Weighty Position
A new high-level occupational berth that is popping up across the educational landscape and in plenty of other sectors is that of the chief equity officer. This CEO position carries expectations
and demands no less formidable than what organizational chief executives face. The chief equity officer’s job description is likely to read something like this, in part:
“Create and sustain a culture of equity and inclusion
for all students by narrowing the gaps between the highest- and lowest-performing students and eliminating the racial disproportionality between student groups that occupy the highest- and lowest-achievement categories.”
As Merri
Rosenberg, a veteran freelance education writer, describes this month in our lead feature “New to the Table,” the position, owing to its newness in K-12 education, enables the school district and the office holder to mold the
role to meet the particular needs of its schools and community. Most chief equity officers (whose titles vary) report directly to the superintendent.
Many of the first appointments in school districts have been made within the past two
years. A few, notably the position in Jefferson County, Ky., extend much further back in time.
Complementing Rosenberg’s piece are sidebars by Mary Rice-Boothe of the New York City Leadership Academy, and Dena Keeling,
the equity officer in Orange County, N.C.
With equity goals high on every organization’s agenda, the equity officer’s progress will be worth watching, and we expect to continue our attention.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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