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November/December 2002

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• Service connects learning to life by Linda Dawson
  Schools in Illinois are becoming aware and supportive of service learning concepts, but a more active policy role by school boards may be necessary if projects that truly engage students in learning are to thrive and grow.
  Sidebar: Garden provides natural learning experience

• Our policy manual is up-to-date...What now? by Cathy Talbert
  Even if a district's policy manual is up?to?date and legally compliant, school boards are not finished with this important document.
  Sidebar: An open invitation

• Data drives change on journey to reform by Linda Dawson
  As Decatur School District 61 updated its strategic plan, data became the focus of design for a document that will answer the big question of "How are we doing?"
  Sidebar: Additional use of data

• Business-model ideas bad for education by Twyman Patterson
  The business models offered as a remedy for education's ills do not fit when they are applied to children.

• Teacher gives executive a public school lesson by Jamie Robert Vollmer
  The true story of one business executive's conversion to public school advocate as told through a tale about blueberries.

• Lessons from '12 Angry Men' by Richard Lewis
  The process of jury deliberation in a classic movie holds lessons for school board members about speaking against an issue supported by the majority.

• Is this a school or a duck blind? by William J. Banach
  School buildings, as well as people, may be sending out mixed messages about who they are and what they do. Does your district send the right message?