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Articles: Professional Development

Reimagining the College Town

Professional Opinion
The Red Hook (N.Y.) Central School District has been quietly leveraging the possibilities of the college town.
Paul Finch
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
community
science curriculum

Training is a Catch-22

Feature
Ed Finkel
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
budgets

A Small Community’s Innovative Curriculum Coaches

Administrator Profile
Lizzy Kloiber, secondary curriculum director of Celina (Texas) Independent School District knew the district needed coaches, and was determined to find a way to pay for them.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
best practices
grants
mentors

The Road to Rigor

Feature
Raising the bar across the curriculum has become serious business.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, September 2011
Tags: 
assessment
high-stakes
math
math curriculum
NCLB
reauthorization

Looking to Create 21st-Century Classrooms?

Professional Opinion
The secret to success lies in the "Yeah, buts."
Rob Mancabelli
District Administration, September 2011
Tags: 
21st-century learning
enhancing education through technology
teacher

Look, Listen, Learn

Feature
Advice for new superintendents about to start their jobs.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Jul 2011
Tags: 
NSBA
superintendents

Survey Reveals New Teacher Challenges

News Update
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Jul 2011
Tags: 
teacher

Taking Advantage of State Intervention.

Problem/Solution
Ansonia (Conn.) Public Schools
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
District Administration, Apr 2011
Tags: 
NCLB

Professional Development 2.0

News Update
Social networking has become a quick and efficient way for K12 administrators to gain professional development.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Feb 2011
Tags: 
blogs
social media
social networks
teacher

Teaching about Islam

News Update
Recent news reports of potential bias and discrimination against Muslims bring calls for teaching Islam in public schools.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
ethnic studies

Are You a Rock Star?

From the Editor
Rock star status, by my definition, tends to be conferred upon people who are able to reach a large number of people with their work and, as a result, affect change.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
ALAS
Latinos
superintendents

A Call for Technology Leadership

Feature
New recommendations urge every superintendent to have a technology strategy—or risk falling behind.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
assessment
CoSN
NCLB
superintendents

Elevating Special Education

Administrator Profile
John O'Connor, executive director for special services at the DeKalb (Ga.) County School System, has helped reinvent instruction for special ed students.
Ellen Ullman
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
data driven decision

Seeking Tangible Results for Effective Teaching

News Update
Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools embarks on its second year of collecting data for grant project from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
teacher evaluation
teacher observation
value-added

The Push for Public Preschool

Feature
More districts are seeing the advantages of school readiness and preparing youngsters for their K12 careers.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Jul 2010
Tags: 
achievement gap

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