Summer 2018 (Digital Only): fighting Educator Burnout
This digital-only issue seeks to shed greater light on the problem of educator burnout—and how to address it. Personal reflections welcome.
Submissions Deadline: March 1, 2018
September 2018: Classroom Management Reimagined
Classroom management remains a central challenge—and opportunity—for educators. This issue will examine specific and big-picture approaches to improving classroom management, including how to build relationships and community, address both positive and problem behaviors, design conducive classroom spaces, and create supportive climates for learning and whole-child development.
Submissions Deadline: April 2, 2018
October 2018: The Promise of Social-Emotional Learning
As we learn more about what drives and supports students, social-emotional learning has become a growing area of interest in K–12 education. But what does SEL look like in real-life schools? How are educators and schools integrating SEL into the curriculum, and what changes does this involve in instructional practice and support? What impact does SEL have, and how are schools measuring it?
Submissions Deadline: May 1, 2018
November 2018: When Teachers Lead Their Own Learning
This issue will explore the rise of job-embedded, teacher-led professional development—and the challenges and opportunities it presents to schools. We'll look at how teachers are taking professional learning into their own hands through PLCs, Edcamps, micro-credentialing, video study, and social media. What works in creating and supporting such practices in schools?
Submissions Deadline: June 1, 2018
December 2018 / January 2019: The Arts and Creativity in Schools
The arts hold tremendous potential to foster students' creativity, improve academic performance, and boost social-emotional development. This issue will explore how schools can bring visual arts, music, theater, dance, creative writing, and other arts into the content areas and use the arts to engage marginalized students.
Submissions Deadline: July 2, 2018
February 2019: The Tech-Savvy School
How does a school become a leader in innovation—one that takes advantage of advancements in digital technology in meaningful and fully integrated ways? This issue will explore how school leaders effectively implement new technology that deepens learning and better supports teachers.
Submissions Deadline: September 3, 2018
March 2019: The Power of Instructional Leadership
School leaders set the tone and direction for what happens in classrooms. How can they develop the skills, knowledge, and workload balance they need to understand teachers' and students' needs and effectively guide learning?
Submissions Deadline: October 1, 2018
April 2019: Separate and Still Unequal: Race in America's Schools
As the nation marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education in 2019, this issue will examine race in America's schools today. How can schools and educators work to fulfill Brown's promise to dismantle segregation and inequity in education?
Submissions Deadline: November 1, 2018
May 2019: What Teens Need from Schools
The teenage years are unique, and today's teens face new challenges as well as opportunities. This issue will explore how schools can work smarter to keep middle and high school students healthy, safe, engaged, challenged, and supported. What do today's teens need most, in terms of both academic and social supports?
Submissions Deadline: December 3, 2018
Guidelines for authors and submission instructions are available at www.ascd.org/el. Please send manuscripts to elsubmissions@ascd.org.
