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District Administration, May 2009 Table of Contents

Cover Story

A Call for Collaboration
Carl Vogel
Today’s technology is making it easier and more important than ever to teach students how to work together.

Features

Feature

Parental Engagment Pays Off
Alan Dessoff
It can boost test scores and attendance.
A Call for Collaboration
Carl Vogel
Today’s technology is making it easier and more important than ever to teach students how to work together.
Collaborative Technologies
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
These “new” tools to encourage collaboration are simply updated versions of classic classroom activities.
Controlling Health Care Costs
Alan Dessoff
Increasingly higher premiums in K12 districts are being offset in innovative ways.
The Start of a Tech Revolution
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
District management is moving into the “cloud," plus a video explaining what it's all about.
Cloud-Bound Tools
Some district management technology tools headed into the cloud.
A Superintendent’s High Expectations
Angela Pascopella
The leader of the Aldine Independent School District talks frankly about district challenges and what she is most proud of.

Opinion

Supervisors Opinion

The New IDEA Money for Special Education in the Federal Recovery Act
Eamonn O'Donovan
Schools are advised not to build it into budgets just yet.

Solutions

Problem/Solution

Progressing toward Math Proficiency
Don Parker-Burgard
Ohio school uses Destination Math, FASTT Math and PLATO Learning to improve math.

Briefings

News Update

Rudy Crew Speaks Out on Detroit Schools
Don Parker-Burgard
Making Strategic Investments with Stimulus Dollars
Paul Vallas Speaks Out on Detroit Schools
Don Parker-Burgard
Reinventing a Troubled District

Departments

From the Editor
Parents, Prize Winners and More
Judy Faust Hartnett
A review of this issue.
New Products
The latest in Hardware, Software, Books & Materials, Facilities and The Internet
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
The most recent editor picks.
Product Focus
Surveillance Cameras: Keeping Watch
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
A guide to one segment of education technology
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