Articles in this issue

• New study: Good leadership crucial to education
  A study released by the Wallace Foundation affirms the strong connection between school leadership and student achievement.
• Special Education Administrator of the Year: Serving special needs
  Meet Jan Kearns, executive director of the Tuolumne County SELPA, ACSA’s 2010 Special Education Administrator of the Year.
• Adult Education Administrator of the Year: Linking to community
  Meet Joyce Lude, principal of Roseville Adult School in Roseville USD, ACSA’s 2010 Adult Ed Administrator of the Year.
• Bay Area, Chico educators reject more budget cuts
  The Bay Area and Chico Education Coalitions have strongly endorsed the Assembly budget proposal, which protects students from further cuts.
• California in line for Phase 2 Race to the Top funds
  California has been selected as a finalist to receive up to $700 million under Phase 2 of the federal Race to the Top competition.
• Common Core-plus OK’d by standards commission
  The California Academic Content Standards Commission has approved the new K-12 Common Core Standards, with state additions.
• New academy focuses on middle grades management
  New and aspiring leaders of middle grades schools should consider enrolling in ACSA’s new Middle Level Leaders Academy, to begin this fall.