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LeadershipBooks • SOLUTION TREE Ensuring Success in Math and Science: Curriculum and Teaching Strategies for At-Risk Learners CORWIN PRESS Big-Time Fundraising for Today’s Schools Carol Patton RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS www.solution-tree.com $21.95 This is an analysis of the systemic and instructional problems that contribute to math and science failure. Tobins’ long- and shortrange strategies for closing the performance gap include redeveloping curricula, conceptualizing, organizing and designing effective math and science curricula, and implementing math and science curricula in the classroom to reach all learners. Also included are tested K8 math and science lessons developed in collaboration with teachers, as well as creative assignments that families can use to reinforce math and science at home. www.corwinpress.com $34.95 In order to bring public school fundraising to the next level, school leaders must collaborate with educational stakeholders in the community to set up development ofﬁces and education foundations. This book offers practical strategies and techniques for winning major grants and gifts from corporations, foundations, the government and individual donors. Suggestions are included for writing winning grant proposals, overcoming obstacles, establishing a development ofﬁce and soliciting individual gifts, including through annual campaigns, capital campaigns and planned giving. HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America’s Schools SOLUTION TREE Media Relations for Schools: Including Crisis Communications www.harvardeducationpress.org $24.95 R & L EDUCATION Surviving and Thriving as a Superintendent of Schools: Leadership Lessons from Modern American Presidents The ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the American education system are documented and categorized in this provocative book. The analysis provides a comprehensive intellectual framework for the wide-ranging arguments against high-stakes testing. It’s grounded in the application of Campbell’s law, which suggests that the greater the social consequences associated with a quantitative indicator—like test scores— the more likely the indicator will become corrupted and that the use of the indicator will corrupt the social processes it was intended to monitor. www.solution-tree.com $17.95 Educators will learn how to establish proactive and positive media relations to minimize negative press coverage of sensitive issues and build community support for school policies and initiatives. Using almost two dozen samples and checklists, it offers step-by-step directions that schools of any size or budget can adapt to create an effective media relations plan, which involves creating public service announcements, press releases, media advisories and press kits. It also covers setting up and running an effective news conference, conducting interviews, making public statements and using the media. www.rowmaneducation.com $21.95 The author, a former superintendent, presents a positive perspective of what superintendents need to do to become successful. He reﬂects on predicaments he has experienced, then analyzes the events in the context of similar situations that modern American presidents have encountered. The book combines sensitivity and humor with practical solutions to the daily challenges that confront administrators. 78 June 2007 District Administration http://www.corwinpress.com http://www.solution-tree.com http://www.corwinpress.com http://www.solution-tree.com http://www.harvardeducationpress.org http://www.solution-tree.com http://www.harvardeducationpress.org http://www.solution-tree.com http://www.rowmaneducation.com http://www.rowmaneducation.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - June 2007

Contents
Editor's Letter
Letters
News Update
Security Update
Technology Update
Curriculum Update
Inside the Law
Admistrator Profile
District Profile
Refreshing the ISTE Technology Standards
Action Teams
RE-Construction
Professional Development for the New Century
Multimedia LIT
New Products
Leadership Books
Problem/Solution
Online Edge
Speaking Out
Supervisor's Opinion
Professional Opinion
Research Corner
Calendar of Events
Understanding the Times

District Administration - June 2007