Features

• Suspending suspensions: Why eliminating suspensions creates a more positive educational environment (Chris Helgested)
• Evaluating restorative justice: Using restorative practices to rebuild community (Randy Comfort)
• Urban Leadership Academy: Sustaining leadership development in a time of rapid change (Carole Gupton)
• Getting your money’s worth from tech-savvy schools: School technology articles in Star Tribune (Tom Wilson)

Certificate update

• PK-12 administrative licensure: New certificate option
• Staff development: Designing, implementing, and evaluating development models
• Technology: Meeting school technology needs
• Disability policy and services: An interdisciplinary approach

From the director

• Program news: New developments in the administrative licensure program
• Community and alternative ed cohort: New cohort to start this spring
• Rochester cohort: Convenient classes for Rochester students

Spotlight: Lyle Taipale, principal, Mounds View ALC

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Committed to the integration of professional wisdom, empirical evidence, and authentic practice in the preparation of educational administrators.

Written by and for both aspiring and practicing educational administrators, The Leader is a triannual publication of the licensing and leadership development program for educational administrators in the University of Minnesota's Department of Educational Policy and Administration. All articles are edited. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of Minnesota.

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