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Vogel, Carl – District Administration, 2009
This article discusses recovery high schools which are designed specifically to serve students who have been through a professional substance abuse treatment program and are working to stay away from drugs and alcohol. The schools typically serve multiple districts and are funded from both the per-pupil state funds that follow a student and what…
Descriptors: High Schools, Substance Abuse, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
Rhor, Monica – District Administration, 2013
The problems in public education are worrisome and well-documented: lagging math and science scores, shaky skills in reading and writing, growing numbers of students reaching college ill-prepared--or simply not getting there at all. The search for solutions can often seem more like a competition to fling blame, with fault found in everything from…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Educational Change
Solomon, J. D. – District Administration, 2012
The nation's K12 school superintendents are increasingly fatigued and frustrated by pressures to accomplish more in their districts with less resources. For most, though, personal commitment to public education helps overcome sources of stress stemming from many aspects of their jobs. That is the top-level finding of the 2012 Public School…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
District Administration, 2012
What is at stake for K12 education in next month's presidential election? Both President Barack Obama (Democratic Party) and Gov. Mitt Romney (Republican Party) say improving education will be a top priority in their administrations, but their policies and initiatives would likely be quite different. While political platforms rarely offer detailed…
Descriptors: Presidents, Elementary Secondary Education, Elections, Political Campaigns
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2010
From selecting appropriate curricula and teachers to providing classrooms with bathrooms easily accessible to 4-year-olds, public preschool programs present challenges to districts that run the programs, which are designed to prepare children to get off to a good start when they enter kindergarten. While a wide range of private preschool programs…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Access to Education, Preschool Children, Public Education
Mellon, Ericka – District Administration, 2012
Unlike predecessor Michelle Rhee, Chancellor Kaya Henderson of the District of Columbia Public Schools works to balance accountability with collegiality. Kaya Henderson's childhood in one of New York's most affluent areas, Westchester County, could not have been more different from that of the middle school students she taught at Lola Rodriguez…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Politics of Education
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2013
It's not news that public school districts have maintained productive relationships with the business community over the years. In Ohio, Cincinnati Bell recently helped a failing high school in the Cincinnati Public Schools transform itself into an information technology academy by providing student internships, a fleet of volunteer mentors, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Business, Scholarships
Daddona, Patricia – District Administration, 2013
Back in 2010, then-elementary school Principal Catherine White focused on writing in the Attleboro (Mass.) Public Schools. And with that, the school's fourth graders beat the state average for long composition on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. White, now a literacy specialist in the Natick (Mass.) Public Schools, looks at that…
Descriptors: State Standards, Persuasive Discourse, Public Schools, Principals
Mellon, Ericka – District Administration, 2011
Brigadier General Anthony "Tony" Tata of the U.S. Army had one of those "ah-ha" moments in April 2006 when, on the eve of an operation he was heading in Afghanistan, an Al Qaeda rocket shattered a nearby school. The attack killed a teacher and seven students and wounded dozens more. The rocket incident eventually nudged Tata…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, War, Foreign Countries, Emotional Experience
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2012
As school districts have made improvements to teaching and learning, and raised student achievement in the process, reform-minded superintendents have usually led the way. When they move on, they leave a legacy of programs and policies that have worked. That is just where finding the next superintendent can get tricky. It is not easy when the…
Descriptors: Superintendents, School Districts, Instructional Leadership, Maintenance
DeNisco, Alison – District Administration, 2013
The U.S. teacher pension system is in major financial trouble, with almost
$390 billion in unfunded liabilities, according to a recent report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). And funding shortfalls
grew in all but seven states between 2009 and 2012, the nonprofit research and policy group found. Though the current economic…
Descriptors: Teachers, Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Economic Climate
Herbert, Marion – District Administration, 2011
On June 8, News Corp., a media company owned by Rupert Murdoch, snatched two leading school district administrators to head its new education division. Peter Gorman, former superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Schools, is the unit's new senior vice president, and Kristen Kane, the former chief operating officer of the New York City…
Descriptors: Corporations, School Districts, Local Government, Private Sector
Butler, Kevin – District Administration, 2010
This article profiles Cashton (Wisconsin) Public Schools Superintendent Brad Saron. Saron has always had a passion for technology. He has brought his personal passion for technology to bear in his job as superintendent of the 584-student Cashton Public Schools. As a principal and then as superintendent, he introduced iPod Touches, iPads, wireless…
Descriptors: Superintendents, School Districts, Rural Education, Telecommunications
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2011
The role of a district's technology leader, known by a variety of titles including "chief technology officer" (CTO), "chief information officer" (CIO), "director of technology" and others, is changing rapidly in school systems around the country. These administrators principally have managed the nuts and bolts of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Technology, Administrators, Administration
Keenan, Daniel; Keener, Clinton; Shoaf, Michael; McIntyre, Daniel – District Administration, 2009
Since the Supreme Court approved a 2006 amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requiring public entities such as school districts to produce electronically stored public records during the "discovery process" in lawsuits, maintaining such records, especially e-mail messages, has been an ongoing obligation for district leaders. While…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Electronic Mail, School Districts, Professional Development