Doug Reeves has been on a bit of a writing binge on the topic of leadership, specifically writing for the American School Board Journal on district administrative issues. I especially like the one on assessment for superintendents. Scroll down to the "leadership" section, where you will find a number of articles written in 2010.
This Minneapolis based conference has been growing in popularity and depth over the last few years, turning into the Midwest's premier tech conference. Note that the pre-conference options are Google-based for educators. Hmmm.
The New Yorker just allows Gladwell's current articles to be available without subscription for two or three weeks, so this is only temporarily available. For all you huge Gladwell fans out there, imbibe!
The Blog "The EDjurist" is also somewhat affiliated with McLeod, and it covers much of what we worry about, in terms of AUP, how we deal with student pictures on websites, Facebook issues, etc. Here, the author gives the inclusive notes from his pre-conference session, including his powerpoint.
As we begin to move away from Education 1.0 and into Education 2.0 (or 3.0), we will all struggle with describing/assessing student progress in mastery of skills and concepts--if you aren't struggling with it already. Here are a couple of alternatives to the traditional grading system. These also align better with technologically-based, tech-oriented, cloud-associated assignments.