A New Look and (Even) Some Humor.If you've you've Contraction of you have. you've you have you've have reached this point in the magazine, you realize The School Administrator has assumed a new identity. As our cover proclaims, we're now "The Monthly Magazine for School System Leaders," although we've acted the part for several years now. Formal readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. surveys, focus groups with AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army members, informal comments from readers and a comprehensive external audit by the Educational Press Association all helped inform our planning for reshaping monthly departments and features, including where they appear in the magazine. This input also helped us consider how we might improve readability read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. and interest with a more updated look. Many of you told managing editor Liz Griffin and me that you would like a column dealing with the lighter side of educational administration. As a result, we are introducing "Leadership Lite," a monthly humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was page that we hope will elicit e·lic·it tr.v. e·lic·it·ed, e·lic·it·ing, e·lic·its 1. a. To bring or draw out (something latent); educe. b. To arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic. 2. a laugh. If you have time for nothing else right now, flip to page 52 and enjoy these brief anecdotes. (We invite you to share your own humorous incidents with us.) Then take time to delve into Paul Houston's new column (page 46) for added perspective on the demanding job of leading schools. His insights will appear every other month in the AASA section of the magazine, sandwiched between the President's Corner and Resource Bank, which will alert you to AASA activities and new materials. In the coming months, I'll use this brief space to provide you with context for why we point you to particular articles. Or, if appropriate, I'll share a story behind the story. This is your magazine. We welcome your feedback--that means even our constructive criticism--to the new-look School Administrator. We are eager to meet your needs and interests. I'll often sign off my Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. this way Please feel free to contact Liz or me by letter, fax, phone or e-mail. Jay P. Goldman Voice: 703-875-0745 E-mail: jgoldman@aasa.org |
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