September 2024: School Administrator
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Editor's Note
Practitioner Thinking About Partisanship
Not long after the emergence of the pandemic, School Administrator launched a continuing look at the impact of partisan views on the workings of public schools. Our attention began by focusing on operating schools in a VUCA world (August 2020) and the “impossible position” faced by the individuals leading school systems (September 2021).
This month’s theme continues in that vein. Through the ideas and words of some of the sharpest thinkers on educational leadership, we look at partisan politicking and its effects. We also look backwards at the historical nature of such partisanship.
Our contributors include Carl Cohn and Jennifer Perry Cheatham, former superintendents whose names ought to be familiar to those who’ve been following our coverage. We’re also carrying the work of Erin Kane, a superintendent in Colorado writing about communication strategies in divisive times; Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, co-authors of the recently published book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual; and Adam Laats, an education historian who has studied the long lineage of culture wars in schooling.
We’re especially pleased (and thankful) to share the work of Meg Wheatley, whose work as a management consultant over the past 50 years has informed scores of organizational leaders. She draws in this issue from her latest book carrying a particularly applicable title Restoring Sanity: Practices to Awaken Generosity, Creativity and Kindness in Ourselves and Our Organizations.
We can’t wait for you, our readers, to dive in this month’s offerings. And I hope you won’t be reticent to let us know your reaction to particular articles or the overall coverage.
Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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