Recently added articles from District Administration:
Shifting from "green" to "sustainable".(From the Editor)
Jun 01, 2009; ... AS WE AT DA SORTED OUT WHAT TO TITLE THIS MONTH'S special section, it was time to really understand the difference between the terms "green" and "sustainable," two of the more popular buzzwords these days. I found the best explanation on www.maxgladwell.com, a unique blog based on social ...
Going to K.C.(PEOPLE WATCH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Broad Superintendents Academy graduate John Covington will be the next superintendent of the ...
New security chief.(PEOPLE WATCH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael Shields has been appointed the new director of security for Chicago Public ...
Math ED VP.(PEOPLE WATCH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Peggy Pawloski has been named vice president of professional services for Carnegie ...
A district disaster?(PEOPLE WATCH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb has asked the federal ...
Gov. joins board.(PEOPLE WATCH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Arne Duncan has appointed Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to the 26-member National ...
Broadband funding opportunities.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, ADMINISTERED by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, has $4.7 billion in grants through the federal stimulus package to give for expanding ...
Open source software: a budget cutter's ally?(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
Jun 01, 2009 ... EVEN WITH STIMULUS DOLLARS flowing nationwide, districts are still facing large budget deficits and are looking for ways to save money. Some are investigating free and open source software (FOSS) as a result. FOSS applications are the work of communities of developers, usually ...
Hello striving readers, goodbye reading first.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING INCREASE, THE BIG winner in President Obama's proposed 2010 education budget is Striving Readers, which is slated to go from $35 million to $370 million. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This program was designed to reach students in grades 4-12 ...
Not 100 percent clear on the stimulus? Try these sites.(BRIEFINGS: Stimulus Monitor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... THESE EDUCATION-RELATED NON-profits and companies have set up Web-based resource centers to provide information on the ARRA. NONPROFITS ASCD Allows visitors to see funding allocations for each state by guiding their mouse over a map. ...
Assessment-driven programming.(Administrator Profile: SUPERINTENDENT JOEL L. VOYTOSKI)
Jun 01, 2009; ... JOEL L. VOYTOSKI, VETERAN superintendent of the Evergreen School District 50 in Kalispell, Mont., has been named the state's 2009 Superintendent of the Year for his success in morphing programs around student assessments. "We're using a lot of different assessments," says ...
A deeper shade of green: school administrators are raising the bar on sustainability efforts, and the results are paying off big time.(SPECIAL SECTION: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FOR MANY SCHOOLS, "GOING GREEN" once meant turning out the lights after leaving the classroom, filling the recycle bins, and celebrating Earth Day. Not anymore. Although such activities remain staples of environmentally conscious school systems, that ...
The new school lunch: as part of a healthier school food movement, food service providers and district administrators find creative ways to provide better meals.(SPECIAL SECTION: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... IF THE SCHOOLS IN YOUR district are like most in the United States, there is a good chance that today's lunch features pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets or maybe hamburgers with processed cheese. Is serving these types of foods really in the best interest of our children's health? Common ...
The wholesome chef: Jim Rowan, food service director of two northwest school districts, on feeding students quality meals.(SPECIAL SECTION: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS)(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIVE JIM ROWAN IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD. A self-taught chef, Rowan switched last summer from culinary director at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., to food service director at Astoria (Ore.) School District and Naselle-Grays River ...
Business brings sustainable lessons to school: students learn about energy efficiency with companion curricula that include hands-on projects.(SPECIAL SECTION: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... PITSCO'S GREEN PROJECTS and products, Lexmark's paper program, and Lutron Electronics' Greenovation program are just a few curricular ideas that K12 classrooms are using to help districts save energy and teach students to help save the environment. Pitsco designs thousands of ...
A netbook for every student: affordable and portable--but do they get the job done?(TECHNOLOGY)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST personal computer in 1971 began a process that has led to a computer reduced in size, weight and cost, which makes it increasingly popular in education--the netbook. Initially caught flat-footed by the concept, major ...
Vision videos empower students: a new Web-based tool, Tel.A.Vision, inspires young people to dream the possible dream.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN EARLY MARCH, AS HE addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., President Obama spoke at great length of the reforms he believes will give Americans "a complete and competitive education, from the cradle up through a career." The ...
Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right Teachers College Press, $19.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Believing that public schools should be held accountable but that No Child Left Behind is deeply flawed, Economic Policy Institute research associate ...
Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools Corwin Press, $36.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Co-authors Frank S. Kelly, Ted McCain and Ian Jukes describe how traditional high schools have become outdated and unable to prepare students to ...
Corpus Christi (Texas) Independent School District: www.echalkweb.ccisd.us.(How Well Does This Web Site Work? LEARN WHAT OUR WEB ANALYST SAYS IS RIGHT AND WRONG WITH THIS DISTRICT SITE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE CORPUS CHRISTI (TEXAS) Independent School District serves approximately 38,500 students and has just over 2,500 classroom teachers. The district is made up of 40 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 5 high schools and 5 special campuses. Design This ...