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District Administration, Sep 2010 Table of Contents

Cover Story

DA's 10th Annual Salary Survey: A Salary Recession for School Administrators?
Ron Schachter
In addition to the 2009-2010 salary survey data from Educational Research Services, DA shows how administrators are feeling their share of pain given the economic stranglehold on district budgets.

Features

Feature

DA's 10th Annual Salary Survey: A Salary Recession for School Administrators?
Ron Schachter
In addition to the 2009-2010 salary survey data from Educational Research Services, DA shows how administrators are feeling their share of pain given the economic stranglehold on district budgets.
Working Hard in the Big Easy
Ericka Mellon
Five years post-Katrina, Paul Vallas continues to rebuild the New Orleans Recovery School District.
Special Report: The State of Security: School Safety Gets the Ax
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Districts are struggling to maintain safety and security when budgets are cut.
Special Report: The State of Security: Keeping Schools Safe During Tight Budget Times
Kenneth S. Trump
School leaders cannot justify doing school safety on the cheap.
Google and Microsoft Go to School
Alan Dessoff
The computing giants compete to provide powerful online applications to school districts—for free.
A Bull Market for Financial Literacy
Ed Finkel
The Great Recession compels school districts to teach dollars and sense.

Opinion

Student Counsel

High School Counselors Take it on the Chin
Christopher Griffin
A recent survey finds guidance counselors receiving low marks from graduates.

Solutions

Problem/Solution

Play Well, Learn Better
Eric A. Clayton
Stockton (Calif.) Unified School District promotes healthy recess activities to reduce chaos on the school yard and ultimately in the classroom.

Administrator Profile

Cleveland's Pathway to Progress
Susan Gonsalves
CEO Eugene Sanders, Cleveland Metropolitan School District

District Profile

Using Data to Reach Mobile Students
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Western Heights (Okla.) Public Schools

Briefings

News Update

Teacher-Led School Trend Takes DPS
Marion Herbert
Detroit is the next city to throw away the administrative reins and open the doors for an all-teacher-led school.
People Watch
Marion Herbert
Seeking Tangible Results for Effective Teaching
Marion Herbert
Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools embarks on its second year of collecting data for grant project from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Arrests and Federal Reviews Bring Attention to Wake County
KeriLee Horan
Many fear resegregation will occur in the Wake County (N.C.) Public School System after it changed busing policy.
Disney's Planet Challenge Heroes
Judy Faust Hartnett
In Disney's Planet Challenge, students nationwide are asked to identify an environmental issue in their local community and come up with a solution that they will manage and document from start to finish.

Inside The Law

Voucher Programs Losing Steam in School Choice Debate
Marion Herbert
Tuition voucher program support has been withering under the Obama administration as it phases out the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Two Consortia of States Win Race to the Top Funds
KeriLee Horan
The U.S. Department of Education has earmarked $350 million in Race to the Top grants for states to develop new assessments for the Common Core Standards.

Departments

From the Editor
School Safety Takes a Back Seat
Judy Faust Hartnett
School districts across the nation are making budget cuts in a previously taboo area—safety.
Product Focus
Product Focus
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
Edugaming in New Content Areas
New Products
New Products
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
The latest in hardware, software, books and materials, facilities and the Internet.
Conversations
Unleashing a Quiet Revolution
Angela Pascopella
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
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