David S. Doty, the superintendent of the Canyons school district in Utah, steps up to the challenge of gaining community confidence and teachers' and administrators' trust in the state's first new district in nearly a century.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson, right, is sworn into office by state Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons Goodson during inaugural ceremonies on Jan. 10 in Raleigh.
“We don’t have a problem with accountability and assessment, but that can no longer be the totality of our reform efforts.”<br> —Daniel A. Domenech, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators
Bonnie Rosen, the principal of Oak Park Elementary School in Lansdale, Pa., discusses a science experiment with a team of teachers from her school after attending the Academy for Leadership in Science Instruction workshop last month.
John Barnes, a graduate of the academy, observes a social studies class at the Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation with Jean Grace, whom he is mentoring.
Hong Wang, center, a co-director of the foreign-exchange program for Chinese and Tennessee school leaders, greets principals at a reunion dinner in Guangzhou, China, this spring.
Stacey M. Childress, above, says of the educational entrepreneurship course: "This isn't an education course that happens to be at the business school. It's an entrepreneurship course that happens to be focused on the education sector."
Davita Lancelin, left, Dequindra Redding, and Pamela Jordan work together at an elementary school on a project for their studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Peggy Semien, a paraprofessional at George Washington Carver Elementary School in San Francisco, works on phonics with a group of 2nd graders. The school's council decided to keep its paraprofessional positions, which have been cut in other district schools.
Michele Condon, the principal at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville, Mo., takes part in a group oral defense of the project she completed with two other candidates to earn an Ed.D. degree at St. Louis University. The graduate program is one of a growing number to replace the traditional dissertation with a team assignment.
Bob Lehman, center, the superintendent of two Iowa districts serving a total of 1,300 students, attends a board meeting in the Eldora-New Providence district. He also runs a district that serves four towns, known as AGWSR.
