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District Administration, September 2012 Table of Contents

Cover Story

Resistance to High Stakes Testing Spreads
Bob Schaeffer
A national resolution to limit standardized testing is gathering support.

Features

Feature

Postgraduation for Special Needs Students
Ron Schachter
Programs for students with learning disabilities help them move forward into the workforce and/or college.
Rick and Becky DuFour
Susan McLester
Professional Learning Communities at Work

District CIO

CIO News

Delivering Innovative Technology to Educators
Marion Herbert
What Is TED-Ed’s Role in Today’s Classroom?
Courtney Williams
Tech Disruptions

Feature

Getting the Best ROI in Technology
Ed Finkel
The latest, greatest tools won’t buy you success without a plan.

District CIO

Shaping a Digital Decade For M-DCPS
Judy Faust Hartnett
Debbie Karcher Chief Information Officer, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Opinion

Professional Opinion

Potential Pitfalls of Using Race in the K12 Admissions Process
John Munich, Jamie Boyer, Erin Guffey
The new guidelines issued by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights pose risks for school districts that employ them.
Protecting Children in the 21st Century
Nancy Willard
To keep children safe, it is necessary to ensure that they have the values and skills to make good choices.

Online Edge

Measuring the “Immeasurable”
Will Richardson
What do we lose by focusing on what is easy to measure?

New Directions

Three Essential Shifts in Learning
Rob Mancabelli
An eighth-grader teaches a course on 21st-century schools.

Going Mobile

Can K12 Get What Medicine Is Getting?
Cathleen Norris and Elliot Soloway
A shot of incentives for education is needed.

Solutions

District Profile

Gesturing to Learn
Ericka Mellon
Video game technology is in motion in Loudoun County schools.

Administrator Profile

Turning Around Kentucky
Jennifer Elise Chase
This turnaround expert has used formative assessment (and common sense) to raise achievement in three districts in six years.

Briefings

News Update

N.J. Salary Caps Cause Superintendents to Flee
Judy Faust Hartnett
Tapping Into the Nest Egg
Marion Herbert
School Bus Brings Summer Meals to Rural Students
Marion Herbert
Telling Teachers They Are Irreplaceable
Marion Herbert
People
Marion Herbert

Inside The Law

Parent Trigger Law Taking Effect
Marion Herbert

Curriculum Update

Making Skin Cancer Awareness a Priority in Schools
Marion Herbert
Find Better Success on Search Engines This Fall
Marion Herbert

Departments

Product Focus
Power Your Interactive Classroom With Projectors
Courtney Williams
A guide to one segment of education technology
New Products
New Products
Courtney Williams
The latest in hardware, software, books & materials, facilities and the Internet
Letters
Letters
Angela Pascopella
From the Editor
How Different Do Your Schools Look This Year from Last Year?
Judy Faust Hartnett
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