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School Board Journal
March-April 1997
Here is a Table of Contents for the March-April 1997 issue of Illinois School Board Journal. Highlighted articles are available here in full-text form. For other articles get
in touch with:
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- Mailbag
- Experience as a metaphor for cynicism/On the stump/PETER S. WEBER
- Quality assurance reviews help schools help themselves/StateSide/JOSEPH S. SPAGNOLO
- Policy helps control drug, alcohol use/FAITH RUSSELL -- Student use of alcohol and
other drugs is a major problem for many school districts. A good policy backed up by sound
procedures and treatment options can help.
- Selecting the right superintendent: An exercise in honesty, consensus and courage/SUSAN
COLLINS -- Don't make the common mistakes when you choose your next superintendent.
- Of rocks and hard places: Advisory committees and conflict resolution/DEE R. WERNETTE
-- An advisory committee can help resolve community conflicts. Or it can make them worse.
- Negotiation skills they never taught me in kindergarten/STEVEN P. COHEN -- Use these
eight tips to hone your negotiation skills.
- New law helps in residency cases/ALAN M. MULLINS, DARCY L. KRIHA -- What can you
do when an out of district student tries to sneak in to your schools? A new law provides
guidance.
- Begin with the end in mind/JOHN ALLEN, JOHN CASSEL, ANGELA PEIFER -- The third in a series of articles based on Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
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