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School Board Journal
September/October 1996

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

• From the president's desk/ JAY TOVIAN--IASB's president urges school board members to make their voices heard concerning the proposed state standards for achievement.

• StateSide/JOSEPH A. SPAGNOLO -- ACT scores reached an all-time high this year, reports the State School Superintendent

• On the stump/PETER WEBER--What critics fail to recognize is that the traditional school structure is exactly what they want to recapture.

• From the Boiler Room/DAVID CARR, RICHARD W. SMELTER--Gus reports on a battle between Mrs. Jones and Ed Axle, director of transportation at Eastside High School.

• A crisis communication plan at work/MICHAEL D. JOHNSON--A crisis communication plan proves its worth when reporters descend on the high school alma mater of Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski.

• Evergreen Park, the class of 58 and the banality of evil/MARY KAY O'GRADY--A classmate reflects upon the alleged Unabomber.

  Authors take up arms in support of schools/JESSICA C. BILLINGS--A review of The Manufactured Crisis, by David C. Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle

• The politics of reform/DONNA HARRINGTON-LUEKER--The kinds of reforms needed to help students at risk often require political will -- but focusing on politics "has effective narrowed our public dialogue about schools.

• First things first at the board table/JOHN ALLEN, JOHN CASSEL--Stephen Covey's prescription for effectiveness easily adapts to school board activity.

• A student is hurt: Is your school liable?/CHARLES D. KNELL, DAVID B. COLLINS, MARK A. HANEY--Attorneys analyze the protections provided by the Illinois Tort Immunity Act.

• Presidential candidates propose different education policies--President Clinton and challenger Bob Dole offer voters a distinct choice when it comes to education policies.

• Issues in education: A roundup of issues of concern to school leaders.-- Brief discussions of mayors and schools, teenage mothers, sex offender registration, special education, teacher qualifications, an all-girls' school, calve companies and the internet, and school prayer.

• I didn't plan to be unethical/JAMES D. NOWLAN--A former state legislator examines what it means to be an ethical office-holder, and why so many seem to fall short.