SCHOOL BOARD NEWSBULLETIN - July/August 2010

Here is a Table of Contents for the July/August 2010 issue of Illinois School Board Journal. Highlighted articles are available here in full-text form. For other articles get in touch with:

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• Rising home schooling: Who really knows?
  by Ginger Wheeler
  Illinois has no idea how many children are being home-schooled in the state, and home school families like their freedom.

• Taking care of business during challenging times
  by Donna S. McCaw, Carol Webb and John Closen
  Learn how to deal with the emotional toll of layoffs and budget cuts.

• Let's make friends, not foes with FOIA
  by John J. Cassel
  Transparency and openness are keys to maintaining public trust in public education.

• From capital planning to STEM education
  by Paul O'Malley, James McDonough and Jason Lembke
  Learn how Niles THSD 219 realized two high-tech laboratories for its students through a planning process.

• Online courses offer new learning potential
  by Jeffrey L. Hunt and Kathy Olesen-Tracey
  Indian Prairie CUSD 204 partnered with Western Illinois University to create a bridge to solve curriculum, technology and budgeting needs.
  Sidebar: Promising practices
  Sidebar: Online learning FAQs

• Quality review process transforms achievement
  by Jim Hook
  North Palos SD 117 turned things around by implementing its "Student Achievement Quality Review Process."

• Practical PR: Community involvement soothes reduction process
  by Mike Chapin

• Ask the staff: Board policy, state resources offer home-school answers
  by Kimberly Small