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School Board Journal
March / April

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

• Money makes the grade: rich school districts come in first/ Viewpoint/ JAMES T. DURKIN -- Children in communities with low property wealth are shortchanged by our school finance system.

• Local option income tax for Illinois schools: a look at the numbers/ DAVID R. OLSON -- The author presents figures showing the impact of replacing the property tax with a local income tax in 24 sample communities.

• Intergenerational programs can be a win/win proposition/ JANE ANGELIS, MICHAEL PLOG -- When children and older people work together, everyone wins.

• Illinois reform -- problems or progress/Viewpoint/ SHARON S. BURRIS -- The School Improvement Process has eroded staff morale and taken the teacher away from students, says the author.

• Technology adds a new dimension to school governance/ THOMAS A. SHANNON -- Technology can help school board members do their jobs better, says the retiring executive director of the National School Boards Association.

• Issues in education/ a roundup of issues of concern to local school leaders -- A brief discussion of national politics and schools, school prayer, changing students, Chicago schools, resilient children, and television violence.

• Healthy children are better learners/ ROBERTA G. DOERING -- Schools must address the needs of the whole child, says the forme president of the National School Boards Association.

• Guaranteed dividends until the year 2000 -- Thanks to a canny decision by the board of directors of IASB's Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Trust, members of the program will receive hefty dividends until the year 2000.

• President's desk/ JAY TOVIAN -- IASB's president reports on an innovative program to educate school board members.

• On the stump/ PETER WEBER -- Is this any way to elect a president? asks the author.

• Stateside/JOSEPH A. SPAGNOLO -- The State School Superintendent offers his recommendations for linking school improvement and accountability to teaching and learning.

• From the boiler room/ DAVID CARR, RICHARD W. SMELTER -- Gus, the witty janitor at Eastside Elementary comments on a variety of topics.