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School Board Journal
May / June 1996
Here is a Table of Contents for the May/June issue of Illinois
School Board Journal. For other articles, get in touch with:
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- Be prepared for a sexual harassment charge/ ALAN M. MULLINS -- A charge of sexual harassment, whether by an employee or a student, can be devastating to a school district. The author, an attorney, explains how to be prepared.
- School districts respond to sexual harassment/ IRENE BECK and CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD -- Results of a survey by the Illinois Chapter of the American Association of University Women on school district policies on sexual harassment.
- Life is harder for children today: Survey -- A survey commissioned by the Chicago Community Trust shows that Illinoisans believe life is harder for children today than it used to be.
- The grass is always greener/On the Stump/ PETER WEBER
- Technology must be a priority/ StateSide/ JOSEPH SPAGNOLO -- The State School Superintendent explains by classroom technology is a priority for the State Board of Education.
- From the boiler room/ DAVID CARR, RICHARD W. SMELTER -- Gus, the wise janitor of Eastside Elementary, comments on political correctness.
- Words about the future/Viewpoint/ ANNE C. LEWIS -- "The consequences of cutting back on investments in education ... will not be felt tomorrow or even next year. But they will become more than rhetoric when the future becomes the present," says the author.
- Successful school foundations/LAWRENCE C. MORTIER, LAWRENCE J. DENNIS -- More and more school districts are looking to foundations to raise money.
- Issues in education/ A roundup of issues of concern to school leaders -- Brief discussions of looping, competent kids, bill of rights for students and school staff, security, and the concerns of principals.
- Twenty-five rules for school board members/ WILLIAM SMITH -- Good advice for school board members.
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