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School Board Journal
November-December 1999

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Here is a Table of Contents for the November-December 1999 issue of Illinois School Board Journal. Highlighted articles are available here in full-text form. For other articles get in touch with:

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

• The trouble with 'back-to-basics' by Alfie Kohn
  The more we go "back to basics," the worse things get, says the author.
• Special education: Finding a balance by Jessica C. Billings
  The demands of special education have thrown our school system seriously out of balance.
• Special education backlash possible by Joseph J. Cirasuolo
  If we don't confront the problems of special education, a backlash may endanger the children the advocates are trying to protect.
• Making lemonade from lemons by Bruce Hunter
  The public policy director for the American Association of School Administrators tells what it will take to straighten out the special education mess.
• Is the hiring pool shallow or is the marketplace changing?
  by Harold N. London
  The problem isn't the quality of new teachers -- it's the hiring practices of school districts, says the author.
• Why superintendents work in a revolving door
  by James K. Walter, William L. Sharp
  It takes a while for a superintendent to create real change in a school district. But most superintendents aren't around long enough.
• Quality child care brings lasting gains
  A study that has been ongoing for 20 years has produced some of the strongest evidence yet that early, quality intervention for poor children has effects that last into adulthood.
  
• Too many Hooties and not enough Blowfish: The rule of mediocrity by Richard W. Smelter, Bradley W. Rasch
  A child who receives a trophy for coming in last may have trouble dealing with a world in which defeat is common, argue the authors.