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School Board Journal
November / December 1995
January / February 1996

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extention 131

• Hiring a superintendent in a sellers market/ MAX E. PIERSON, DOUGLAS P. BLAIR -- Early retirement means that top-quality candidates for superintendent jobs are at a premium. Here's how to attract one to your district.

• What school boards are paying administrators in Illinois/ MAX E. PIERSON, CYNTHIA WALTERSHAUSEN, ROBERT G. ROGERS -- A report on administrator salaries around the state.

• Thinking of random drug testing? Caution advised/ ALAN T. SRAGA, JOHN M. IZZO, JANET L. SCHWIETERS -- A highly-publicized recent court decision shouldn't be construed to mean that schools can institute random drug testing at will, the authors say.

• Random drug testing in Prairie State Schools/ MAX E. PIERSON, STEVEN D. RITTENMEYER -- How many Illinois schools are considering random drug testing?

• Looking for a homework hotline? Recruit a business sponsor -- A homework hotline can improve school-community relations. A business sponsor can help pay for it.

• State standards define benchmarks -- The State Board's standards for learning mark a new phase in school improvement.

• Support for schools in jeopardy: new poll/ THOMAS A. SHANNON -- Poll by Public Agenda shows public support for schools to be "fragile and tenuous."

• School board delegates seek to exempt top schools from red tape/ 1995 Joint Annual Conference -- A report of the Joint Annual Conference of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Administrators and Illinois Association of School Business Officials.

• Quality management for schools/ PETER LOEHR -- The author adapts the work of quality management guru Edward Deming for school use.

• Quality goes to school/ MARC HEQUET -- Total Quality Management is making a difference in some schools, the author reports.

• Thinking of inclusion for all special needs students? Better think again/ RICHARD W. SMELTER, BRADLEY W. RASCH, GARY J. YUDEWITZ -- Before you jump on the inclusion bandwagon, read this counter-viewpoint.

• Students learn more when they're required to solve problems -- Problem-based learning is an old idea, but it still works.

• Tonight's assignment for all new board members: Do your homework!/ BERYL WELLBORN

• School board veteran offers advice/ ROD WILLIAMSON -- A retired school board member offers advice for board members and administrators.

• President's desk/ STANTON E. MORGAN -- IASB's immediate past president welcomes school board newbies and offers well-wishes to retiring veterans.

• On the stump/ PETER WEBER -- We can still live in idyllic Mayberry, that fabled all-American dream community, says the author.

• From the boiler room/ DAVID CARR, RICHARD W. SMELTER -- The wit and wisdom of Gus, the custodian at East Side Elementary.

• Stateside/ JOSEPH SPAGNOLO -- The State Superintendent of Schools reports on waiver requests under the new law.