This article is an edited transcription of a groundbreaking multi-sector presentation on "Critical Race Theory in Schools?" by a prominent panel of PK-12 school educators, education organization leaders, legal advocate, teacher educators, and academic researchers. The presentation took place virtually as a public seminar in response to…

Trustees evaluating their private school should know the school and its staff. They can use objective evaluation methods, such as standardized test results or college placement of graduates, but they should also incorporate the opinions of recent graduates and the community and utilize staff presentations to the board. (RW)

In separate articles, the authors urge administrators to carefully consider what is essential to education before making budget cuts. Both articles are speeches delivered at the 1981 American Association of School Administrators convention in Atlanta. (Editor/SJL)

The centralization of authority in public higher education from a local campus to the multicampus system and from local governing boards to state mechanisms is discussed. Dissipation of staff time in meeting bureaucratic requirements and faculty uneasiness with centralized planning and long-distance decision-making are described. (MLW)

Speakers at the National Trustee Workshop addressed energy conservation on college campuses, the use of outside consultants on campus, the advantages and disadvantages of statewide governing boards, and the creation of incentives to encourage cooperative ventures among colleges, communities, and the government. (JMD)

Problems unique to central administrations and board members are discussed, including the line of authority, treating institutions equitably, exceeding statute-imposed limitations, the failure of board members to do their homework, and the extent to which the board should represent the people of the state and the institutions it governs. (MLW)

Discusses performance evaluations of private school boards and heads. Reviews two evaluation handbooks and lists frequent questions and categories of written evaluation instruments. Advocates six steps, including self-evaluation by the board and the head, board evaluation of the head, and separation of evaluation from renewal of the head's…

Describes the remarkable expansion of French immersion programs in Canada during the last fifteen years, stating that this "quiet revolution" of bilingualism among English-speaking Canadians has occurred in spite of various administrative, financial, pedagogical, and sociopolitical problems. Emphasizes that improvement is still needed in…

This study explores the views of campus constituent groups about what makes a good college president. Interviews with 142 members of the governing board, senior administrators, and faculty leaders indicate that competent, patient leaders who are constantly attentive to relationships and meaning are the most highly valued. (SLD)

Questions states' powers to legislate nonpublic schools. Advocates: (1) demonstration of self-regulation and accountability; (2) moral and financial support by professional organizations in litigations; (3) task force study of government agency control of private schools. (JD)

Higher education is seen as undergoing significant changes in the next decade. Some suggestions for state boards include: review of existing degree programs, reexamination of clientele, and campus closings considered on nonpolitical grounds. The "people" component of institutional budgets may have to give way to other needs. (Author/MLW)

The plaintiff in Pico v. Island Trees, a 1982 landmark Supreme Court case that declared local public school boards cannot ban books merely because they dislike the ideas expressed in them, describes that censorship battle. The major components of the court decision are discussed, and strategies for combatting censorship in school libraries are…

States need to make a careful review of all instructional programs in order to determine whether each program in each state university meets an urgent state need, meets a defined standard of quality, and meets a viable standard of performance effectiveness as well as cost efficiency. (MLW)

Describes events in Fairbanks (Alaska) resulting from an attempt by some community members to remove a book about homosexuality from the high school library. The discussion covers community reactions, media coverage, and a school board campaign that focused on this issue. Tabbert's speech the night of the vote is presented in the second article.…

An attorney for the plaintiffs in the "Smith vs. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama" case recounts his impressions of the trial, focusing on the nature of the press coverage. (NKA)