$9.95 for FREE! District Administration offers a growing array of professional resources.I WAS SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT AMAZON.COM SELLS SCORES OF articles I wrote for DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION--even these Editor's Letters--for $5.95 or $9.95, depending on when they were published. The articles cover topics of value to K12 district administrators, such as cell phone policies, rating teachers online, setting effective standards, and opening the Web to disabled users. Offerings also include the widely distributed Adj. 1. widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" cosmopolitan bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms "Curriculum Hotspots" guide to the best education sites on the Web and "Teaching Techniques for Supervisors." Someone is getting royalties, but it's not me. However, if you go directly to the DA Web site, www.DistrictAdministration.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , you can get each of these articles and more for FREE! So if you want to e-mail an article, print it out, add a link to your Web site, or insert an excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. into an electronic newsletter, click through Back Issues under DA Magazine, of use the search tool to find what you need. In fact, our Web site offers a growing array of content and services to help you do your job better. We've been working through the summer to bring you even more professional resources and opportunities, and below are some highlights. No one covers K12 education like DA! District Buying Power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. Study As the magazine of education leadership for top-level decision makers that reaches every school district, we commissioned an independent research organization to survey our readers to assess individual and institutional buying power. We discovered that districts reached by DA spent an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. $33.3 billion on goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. in the 2006-2007 school year. In this issue, you can read the first report in a series on school spending. X-Factor Student Achievement Awards Also in this issue are the results of the DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION X-Factor Achievement Awards, sponsored by AutoSkill International, where public school educators submitted 300-word descriptions of creative X-factor ideas to raise student achievement in their districts. The accompanying article profiles the grand prize winner, who will receive $30,000 seed money to jump-start the initiative. Free Web Seminars All you need is a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and an hour to participate in our new professional Web Seminar titled "Managing Fixed Assets fixed assets npl → activo sg fijo fixed assets npl → immobilisations fpl fixed assets fix npl → for Better Planning, Budgeting and Purchasing," starting at noon EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT on Thursday, September 20. Find out more and register online, www.DistrictAdministration.com/WebSeminars One-Day Seminars If you can be in the Northeast in October, you can participate in our one-day leadership seminar on "New Paths to School Safety and Security." The event will be held in Framingham, MA, on October 2, and in Tarrytown, NY, on October 3. www.DistrictAdministration.com/Seminars New Products Database Going live this month is our greatly expanded online products database. But we need your help in selecting the Top 100 Products in K12 education for a special thirteenth issue of DA to be published early in 2008. Visit us online and participate in the decisions. www.DistrictAdministration.com/Products Together, let's make this an outstanding year! Odvard Egil Dyrli EDITOR-IN-CHIEF gdyrli@edmediagroup.com |
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