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USEFUL LINKS
Other websites bearing on school governance

• Stateside/ Lou Mervis
• Ostriches do not live here/Peter S. Weber -- On the stump
• Gus on administrator qualifications/Richard W. Smelter -- The Boiler Room
• Finding the truth in the numbers/Jessica C. Billings -- The numbers can fool you.  Here are some simple guidelines that will help you ferret out the truth.
  Some tips on how to evaluate the numbers:
             Research, surveys and polls
             Stalking the stats
  
• The "new unionism"/Debi S. Edmund -- Some say we have entered a a new era of school board/teacher union cooperation.  Find out what the "new unionism" may mean to you.
  
• Do kids need recess?/Carol Chmelynski -- Some schools are doing away with recess. Others argue that it is an essential break for children.
  
• Board member as life-long learners/Angela Peifer -- If producing life-long learners is part of your school district's mission, the board needs to lead the way.
  
• Issues in education -- Brief discussions of kids and computers, charter schools, anger and violence, Japanese schools and insurance for children.