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Submit an Article for The Pennsylvania Administrator:
Fall 2025 Theme Issue

“Pressing Issues Facing Our Schools: 2025”

The Pennsylvania Principals Association is seeking articles for the Fall 2025 THEME issue of The Pennsylvania Administrator magazine. The theme for this issue is: “Pressing Issues Facing Our Schools: 2025.” Articles based on this theme will be considered for publication by the Editorial Review Board. See below for further details.

Pennsylvania schools are currently grappling with several pressing issues, including a significant teacher shortage, funding disparities and student and staff mental health concerns. Schools face difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified educators due to low salaries and high stress, impacting classroom quality. Funding inequality remains a critical challenge, with schools in low-income areas struggling to provide necessary resources, while wealthier districts have more opportunities. Additionally, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in our schools and classrooms for several key reasons, including ethical considerations and how it has the potential to revolutionize the way education is delivered. We encourage you to write an article on one of the topics listed below for the themed edition, focusing on how it is impacting your school, students and staff, as well as the actions your school or district is taking in response.

What impact could the following have related to our theme?

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Teacher Retention and Shortages
  • Student and Staff Mental Health Issues
  • Online/Hybrid Learning
  • Funding Inequalities
  • Student Enrollment, Student Behavior….What’s New
  • Serving Multilingual Learners
  • Alternatives to Traditional College Pathways
  • Data Analytics
  • The Value of Soft Skills

To submit an article for this issue, please send it to Sheri Thompson at sherit@paprincipals.org by August 8, 2025.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE SPECIFICATIONS:

Effective immediately: Submissions that are sent to us as scholarly papers (dissertations) will be returned for a rewrite before being reviewed by the Editorial Review Board. In addition, articles that are determined to require extensive editing, or are not in APA style, will also be returned for revisions before being considered for publication.

Article Specifications: Articles should be written in magazine article format and geared to our target audience of mainly building principals and assistant principals in Pennsylvania. Articles should be no longer than 1,500 words and must be submitted as a Word document with little or no formatting. Articles must be written/formatted using APA Style. A biographical sketch in written (paragraph) format and a professional, high resolution (300 dpi is preferred), color photograph of the author(s) (saved as a JPEG file) must accompany all articles.

Articles must be submitted for review and consideration by the Editorial Review Board on/before the deadline for each issue to Sheri Thompson, Editor, at sherit@paprincipals.org

To Review PA Principals Association Publication Deadlines, Click Here. (CHECK BACK LATER FOR UPDATED DEADLINES.)

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SUBMIT AN ARTICLE FOR THE MAGAZINE FEATURE – READERS FOR LEADERS!

We are seeking educational book reviews for our newest magazine column, “READERS FOR LEADERS,” but only for books that you have found valuable and would “recommend” to your colleagues. Educators are constantly looking for new ideas to use and share, but do not always have time to read new books.
It is our hope that this column will provide you with the latest in contemporary readings.

Book reviews should be no more than 350-400 words, written using APA style and must be submitted as a Word document (with a brief biographical sketch and a photo of the author). Authors may not be the book’s author since the purpose of the review is to provide information and NOT to sell books! In
addition, authors MUST include a written statement of any connection to the publication being reviewed. For example: The book being reviewed is part of a book selection for a principal certification course (OR…Administrator Professional Development). I have no affiliation with the author(s) or publishing company(ies) of the book(s) in the submitted book review(s).

Submit an Article for the Magazine Feature — One Member’s Voice

One Member’s Voice is YOUR column — a place to voice your opinion and your concerns regarding timely education- or school-related topics/
issues. It is also a forum to share your views or provide feedback on issues that are impacting your job, your school, your district or public education in general.

All articles must be approved prior to publication by the Editorial Review Board and will include this disclaimer at the end: The views and opinions expressed in the above article are those of the author, and are not necessarily those of the Association, and not necessarily endorsed by the membership or its governing body. However, the PA Principals Association feels that members can best be served by debate of issues.

We want to hear from you! To submit your article for review by the Editorial Board, please e-mail it to sherit@paprincipals.org for consideration of publication in the next issue. Articles must be no more than 600 words, single-spaced and sent as a Word document.