January 2023: School Administrator

School Administrator January cover
Measurements in Education

This magazine issue examines the strategies districts can use to effectively assess systems and students in a changing education landscape. 

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Editor's Note
Educating About Violence Prevention

I鈥檇 honestly never thought much about a role for educators to play in curtailing the tragic number of injuries and deaths that befall school-age youngsters because of the easy access of firearms in their homes. That changed when I received a manuscript submission last May on this topic from Ken Mitchell, a longtime 91制片 member who serves as editor of 91制片鈥檚 quarterly electronic publication, the Journal of Scholarship and Practice. He called his submission a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter.

Mitchell brings a load of credibility to this issue from his four decades in public education, as he references in his My View commentary, 鈥淯nsecured Guns and the School-Home Partnership." Sadly, he鈥檚 no outside observer to gun violence in schools and beyond. In one episode, during his time as superintendent of a suburban school district in New York, he had to disarm a parent with mental illness who confronted him inside his school district office.

There鈥檚 a lot of common sense in his message.

Jay P. Goldman
Editor, School Administrator
 703-875-0745
 jgoldman@aasa.org
 

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