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Administrator roles shift with the times: in addition to 2008-2009 salary survey data from Educational Research Services, this year DA also reports on new specialized administrative positions
IT'S GETTING TO BE THAT you need a scorecard to identify district administrators by their titles. To keep up with changing needs, many districts...
District Administration, 09/01/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Biometrics-So Far, So Good
FIVE YEARS after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT program began collecting biometrics-fingerprints as well as photographs-of...
International Educator, 09/01/09 by Dessoff, Alan · More from publication -
Fighting fraud in schools: lax controls open doors to crimes
IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT SCHOOLS ARE as vulnerable to fraud as the private sector or any other segment of government. Crimes in districts include...
District Administration, 08/01/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Defining diversity requires inclusion
It wasn't many years ago when diversity in the workplace essentially meant hiring more minorities and women as required by affirmative action and...
Daily Record, The (Baltimore), 06/26/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
A netbook for every student: affordable and portable—but do they get the job done?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST personal computer in 1971 began a process that has led to a computer...
District Administration, 06/01/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Parental engagement pays off: it can boost test scores and attendance
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE KNOW THAT PARENTAL involvement in elementary schools pays off in improved achievement of...
District Administration, 05/01/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Controlling health care costs: increasingly higher premiums in K12 districts are being offset in innovative ways
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WITH PUBLIC DISTRICTS under more pressure than usual in today's recessed economy to boost revenue...
District Administration, 05/01/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Teaching THE World
AS P-12 STUDENTS INCREASINGLY LEARN ABOUT the broader world around them through television, the Internet, travel, and interaction with schoolmates...
International Educator, 05/01/09 by Dessoff, Alan · More from publication -
Can 'concierge' doctors in Maryland save primary medicine?
Fed up with health insurance companies, burdensome record- keeping and low payments for the care they provide to their patients, more Maryland...
Daily Record, The (Baltimore), 03/30/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication -
Going green can be costly consideration for Maryland businesses
The economic downturn notwithstanding, Maryland business executives and other authorities agree that it still makes good business sense, under the...
Daily Record, The (Baltimore), 03/06/09 by Alan Dessoff · More from publication
