Dr. Berman has contributed to a monthly column in School Administrator, beginning with Vol. 69, No. 1, January 2012. The column earned Honorable Mention in the magazine department of the 2013 Tabbie Award from the Trade, Association and Business Publications International. Below are the links for the column from January 2016. Prior columns can be found in the archive section for School Administrator at www.AASA.org.

Recent Editions:

The Ethical Educator: The Workplace Disappearing Act (May 2023)

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The Ethical Educator: A Rock and a Hard Place (April 2023)

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The Ethical Educator: A Chasm Between History and Politics (March 2023)

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The Ethical Educator: The Wisecrack Better Left Unsaid (February 2023)

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The Ethical Educator: Romantic Entanglements (January 2023)

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The Ethical Educator: Sharing a Lunchroom Virus (December 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: One Strike Against Another (November 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Accounting for Good Intentions (October 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: A Gift Too Generous? (September 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Extra Pay During School Day (August 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Personal Issue, Professional Impact (June 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Disqualification Over a Misogynistic Meme (May 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: A Hefty Gift of Appreciation (April 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Shifting Inward During a Storm (March 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Working Remotely But Responsibly? (February 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: A Club Adviser’s Perk (January 2022)

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The Ethical Educator: Collaboration or Shared Answer (December 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: A Rubric Targeting Color (November 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: A Dubious Job Posting (October 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: The Queue for Vaccinations (September 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Salary Shortchange (August 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Intercepted Communication (June 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: A New Board’s Hard Right Turn (May 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Quid Pro Donors (April 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Embellishing the Past (March 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: A Disqualifying Act (February 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Tattling on Truant Peers (January 2021)

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The Ethical Educator: Conveying Caveats on Extra Time (December 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: Grading on the Health Curve (November 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: A Ticking Clock on Attire (October 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: Noxious Beyond the Odor (August 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: A Split Decision (June 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: Bummed Roosters ‘No Rah-Rah’ (May 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: A Prank Gone Wrong (April 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: The Wayward Complaint (March 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: Split the Grading Difference (February 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: A Parent’s Smear Campaign (January 2020)

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The Ethical Educator: Sermonizing for the Assembled (June 2019)

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The Ethical Educator: Witness for Dubious Character (May2019)

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The Ethical Educator: Advocating Arts or Athletics? (April 2019)

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The Ethical Educator: Plagiarizer From Her Past (March 2019)

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The Ethical Educator: Top-Ranked But Suspicious (February 2019)

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The Ethical Educator: A Ceiling on Grades (January 2019)

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The Ethical Educator: Mr. M’s Shoulder Massage (December 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: A Witness to Discrimination (November 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: The $20 Motivator (October 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: Football Fireworks (September 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: A Hairy Backtrack (August 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: A Confidentiality Pledge (June 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: Outing a Parent Offender (May 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: Punishing the Harasser…Or Not? (April 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: Pay Your Way to Play (March 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: Vaccination Rumors (February 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: The Desperate Outburst (January 2018)

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The Ethical Educator: A Dubious Donation (December 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: The ‘Morally Offensive’ Magazine Cover (November 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: A Threat on Record (October 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: The Persistent Bigot (September 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: Cleaning out a ‘Rats’ Nest’ (August 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: Racial Taboos (June 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: Precedent Without Policy (May 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: Praying for a Colleague (April 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: A Swerve Outside the Lines (March 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: A Surprise in Storage (February 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: A Nuanced Recommendation (January 2017)

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The Ethical Educator: Advocating for Delinquents (December 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: A News Leaker (November 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Post-Game Histrionics (October 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Soliciting for Her Students (September 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: The Private Post-Prom Affair (August 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Celebrating Faiths or Studying Them? (June 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Shielding from Danger? (May 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Hunting He Will Go (April 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: Sampling Vintages Overseas (March 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: The Late Night Reconsideration (February 2016)

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The Ethical Educator: The Convenience of License Expiration (January 2016)

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