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Advertiser Index Adaptive Curriculum 45 www.adaptivecurriculum.com/STEM Aetna, Inc. CV2 www.aetnamedicare.com/ps Alcatel-Lucent 47 www.Alcatel-Lucent.com Armacell 59 www.armacell.com Automated Loogic Corporation 61 www.automatedlogic.com Cisco Systems, Inc. 6-7, 65 www.cisco.com/go/dmsedu www.cisco.com/go/edsecurity www.districtadministration.com/cisco CRS Advanced Technology 21 www.crsadvancedtechnology.com CTB McGraw-Hill 37 www.AcuityForSchool.com DA Web Seminar 53 www.DistrictAdministration.com/webseminars eChalk 67 www.echalk.com eCollege.com 23 www.pearsontapestry.com Elmo USA Corporation 11 www.elmousa.com Follett Software Company CV3, CV4 www.FollettSoftware.com/DollarsandSense www.FollettSoftware.com Global Scholar 9 www.pinnaclesuite.com Golden Era Productions 33 www.thewaytohappiness.org Hanover Research Council 34-35 www.hanoverresearch.com Johns Hopkins University 55 www.every1graduates.org/tdworks K12 2-3 www.K12.com/educators Lexia Learning Systems, Inc. 17 www.lexialearning.com Measured Progress 41 www.measuredprogress.org/cpaa Naviance, LLC 4 www.naviance.com NetSupport, Inc. 29 www.netsupportschool.com OdysseyWare, Inc. 49 www.odysseyware.com/DA1 OnCourse Systems for Education, LLC 25 www.oncoursesystems.com/discipline Pasco Scientific 13 www.pasco.com/transform School Nutrition Foundation 15 www.schoolnutrition.org/DOY Seton Hall University 54 www.shu.edu ShoreTel 19 www.shoretel.com/hero The College Board 27 www.collegeboard.com/sbfaqs University of Pennsylvania 55 www.gse.upenn.edu/midcareer/DA.html Vertex Standard 5 www.vertexstandard.com Walt Disney Company 1 www.districtadministration.com/disney WIMBA 56 www.wimba.com/K12 DistrictAdministration OCTOBER 2009 The Magazine of School DiSTricT ManageMenT Volume 45 Number 9 Editorial Director Joseph J. Hanson Publisher Daniel E. Kinnaman EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Senior Editor Angela Pascopella apascopella@districtadministration.com Products Editor Kurt O.E. Dyrli kdyrli@districtadministration.com Associate Editor Don Parker-Burgard dpburgard@districtadministration.com Contributing Writers Laura R. Bona, Kevin Butler, Alan Dessoff, Jennifer Chase Esposito, Eamonn O’Donovan, Cathleen Norris, Scott Poland, Ron Schachter, Elliot Soloway, Gary S. Stager ART Art Director Susan Rohal-Corbett srohalcorbett@promediagrp.com Promotions Designer Brian Kelly Art Production Coordinator and Designer Edie Hagendoorn DA BLOGS Tech Disruptions blog by Cathleen Norris & Elliot Soloway blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions Product Posts blog by Kurt O.E. Dyrli, Products Editor blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog DA ONLINE CIO David Brennan dbrennan@promediagrp.com Director of Interactive Media Stephanie Martinez smartinez@promediagrp.com Web Designer Sharon A. Reiger Database Analyst Georgia Langner Web Developer Gene Wong Web Editors Judy Faust Hartnett jhartnett@districtadministration.com Angela Pascopella apascopella@districtadministration.com Web Seminar Director J.D. Solomon jdsolomon@promediagrp.com Web Seminar Producer Dana Kubicko dkubicko@promediagrp.com ADVERTISING SALES Associate Publisher East Coast Sales Manager George Halo ghalo@districtadministration.com (609) 242-4294 Fax: (908) 765-0300 Central Sales Manager Terry Nelson tnelson@districtadministration.com (815) 356-5509 Fax: (815) 356-5640 West Coast Sales Manager George Saroyan gsaroyan@districtadministration.com (951) 415-2423 Fax: (866) 382-3782 Featured Products Matt Kinnaman mkinnaman@districtadministration.com (413) 241-6085 Fax: (203) 516-2391 Executive Job Search Gloria Williams (203) 663-0101 gwilliams@promediagroup.com, www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx Ad Traffic Manager Rosetta Moore rmoore@promediagrp.com (203) 663-0102 Fax: (203) 663-0153 CUSTOM PUBLISHING For information regarding custom publishing, contact your sales manager or J.D. Solomon at jdsolomon@districtadministration.com M A R K E T I N G & A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Promotions Director Matt Kinnaman Associate Publisher J.D. Solomon Director of Account Services Susan D. Charamut Conference and Tradeshow Manager Ellen Boyer Bookkeeper Katie MacArthur Circulation Coordinator Frances Cassone Executive Assistant Lilly Holman Operations Assistant Gloria Williams Collections Coordinator Elizabeth Portillo PROFESSIONAL MEDIA GROUP LLC Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Hanson President and COO Daniel E. Kinnaman CIO David Brennan Director of Finance, Operations and Human Resources Donna Levin Director of Circulation and Production Dana Kubicko Editor in Chief Emeritus Odvard Egil Dyrli Publisher Emeritus Howard A. Reed REPRINTS/PERMISSIONS Reprints are available at a nominal cost. For more information contact Rosetta Moore at (203) 663-0102. 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HOW TO REACH US 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851, Phone: (203) 663-0100, Fax: (203) 663-0149, Editorial Fax: (203) 663-0148 Web Site www.DistrictAdministration.com 8 October 2009 District Administration http://www.adaptivecurriculum.com/STEM http://www.aetnamedicare.com/ps http://www.Alcatel-Lucent.com http://www.armacell.com http://www.automatedlogic.com http://www.cisco.com/go/dmsedu http://www.cisco.com/go/edsecurity http://www.districtadministration.com/cisco http://www.crsadvancedtechnology.com http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/techdisruptions http://www.AcuityForSchool.com http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/webseminars http://www.echalk.com http://www.pearsontapestry.com http://www.elmousa.com http://www.FollettSoftware.com/DollarsandSense http://www.FollettSoftware.com http://www.pinnaclesuite.com http://www.thewaytohappiness.org http://www.hanoverresearch.com http://www.every1graduates.org/tdworks http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/viewjob.aspx http://www.K12.com/educators http://www.lexialearning.com http://www.measuredprogress.org/cpaa http://www.naviance.com http://www.netsupportschool.com http://www.odysseyware.com/DA1 http://www.oncoursesystems.com/discipline http://www.pasco.com/transform http://www.schoolnutrition.org/DOY http://www.shu.edu http://www.shoretel.com/hero http://www.collegeboard.com/sbfaqs http://www.gse.upenn.edu/midcareer/DA.html http://www.vertexstandard.com http://www.districtadministration.com/disney http://www.wimba.com/K12 http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - October 2009

District Administration - October 2009
Contents
From the Editor
News Update
Security
College Prep
Stimulus Monitor
Administrator Profile
Professional Opinion
Crisis Response
Tech Disruptions
Digital Classrooms Take Flight
Measuring Success in Harrisburg
Reaching Graduation with Credit Recovery
Almost There?
Back to School for Retired Baby Boomers
Problem Solution
New Products
Product Focus
How Well Does This Web Site Work?
Understanding the Times

District Administration - October 2009