Publication
Guidelines

An Invitation to Write for MASCD Perspectives!

Massachusetts educators are encouraged to contribute to an upcoming issue of MASCD’s journal Perspectives. Authors who wish to contribute to any of the following issues should send Su Henry , MASCD Director of Publications at sfhenry@charter.net a brief description of the proposed article. If your article is accepted for publication, the completed draft will be due by the deadline dates listed below. We encourage authors to submit photographs, charts, and other graphics with their articles.

MASCD is dedicated to promoting quality teaching and learning in Massachusetts by fostering instructional and curriculum leadership in and among all educators. Our readership includes classroom teachers, technology and curriculum specialists, teacher educators, administrators, educational service providers, and state policy makers and legislators. Publishing in Perspectives is your opportunity to contribute to the educational conversation in the state, to share your years of educational experience, insight, innovations, and/or research, and to raise important questions for the future of education in Massachusetts.

What Should You Submit?

Perspectives is a quarterly, theme-based publication with a circulation of approximately 1,500 per issue. Interested authors are invited to submit a 1-2 paragraph proposal describing the intended focus of the article and how it addresses one or more of the focus questions below, as well as a brief biographical statement, including the author’s related experience or expertise. Articles may range from 1000-1500 words and should:

• bring forth an essential question and the tensions and challenges within your topic,
• inform readers of new and useful ideas and/or practices,
• explore some of the obstacles, "forks in the road"/choice points, and questions that are raised in what you are trying to do
• provoke, entice, and stimulate readers to continue the discussion beyond the article itself.

Author’s Guidelines are sent upon acceptance of article proposals. Send all proposals or requests for a sample of the publication to: Su Henry , MASCD Director of Publications at sfhenry@charter.net.

What is the focus of each of this year’s issues?

The following questions suggest the subtopics that may be explored in this year’s Perspectives.

What About Copyright?

Perspectives authors sign a Transfer of Copyright so Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum holds the copyright to all Perspectives articles. MASCD grants permission to copy all or parts of articles provided MASCD is notified in advance and copies are not made or distributed for commercial advantage. Title of publication and article, author, and date must be included on all copies, as well as notice of permission from MASCD. In a very few cases, authors have chosen to retain copyright and grant MASCD permission to publish an article. Su Henry , MASCD Director of Publications sfhenry@charter.net and Executive Director Mary Forte Hayes mfhayes@mascd.org oversee these permissions. 

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