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Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of School Libraries. – 1976
This publication has been prepared to assist school districts in the State of New York to develop and carry out a materials selection policy for school libraries. Recommendations are made as to the development process, components, assumptions, and criteria of the selection policy. Procedures for dealing with controversial materials are also…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Library Material Selection, Media Selection, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedShapiro, Jonathan Z.; McPherson, R. Bruce – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1987
Introduces the use of problem-finding models to analyze public policy, an approach allowing researchers to study how perceptions of policy problems influence the policy-making process. This study uses problem-finding to analyze 20 years (1964-84) of state boards of education desegregation policy in Illinois. Includes 17 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Public Policy, School Desegregation
Chandler, Theodore A. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Effective field trip policies will address the suitability of trips, proposal requirements, student participation, school-wide planning and organization, transportation, permission forms, insurance, emergency procedures, costs, and the assignnment of responsibility for supervision. (PGD)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Legal Responsibility
Nicholas, James R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1970
A faculty member proposes regular and frequent meetings between students and the Cincinnati Board of Education. (Author)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Policy Formation, School Districts, Social Change
Hanson, Carroll – Phi Delta Kappan, 1970
The solution to the nearly impossible big city school superintendent's job requires the school board to assume the role of change agent and confine the superintendent to administration and communication. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Change Agents, Policy Formation
Darnell, Frank – Updating School Board Policies, 1970
Well defined and developed policy manuals are a means to promoting evolutionary change in educational policy. (Author)
Descriptors: Activism, Board of Education Policy, Minority Groups, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedCistone, Peter J.; Iannaccone, Laurence – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Discusses contradictions and tendencies inherent in the dominant ideology and formal structure of educational governance. Notes increasing turbulence in the current social and political environment of education that accentuate these factors. Proposes that within the turbulent environment, contradictions and tendencies may become a source of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Educational Philosophy
Dogoloff, Lee – American School Board Journal, 1990
To formulate a clear, concise, consistent no-drug-use policy, boards of education must understand chemical dependence, assess local needs, determine the policy direction, compare past and present policies with a "no use" policy, align needs with resources, add specifics to the policy and implement it, and evaluate and update the policy regularly.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, Kenneth E.; Wendel, Frederick C. – American School Board Journal, 1989
School boards should try to anticipate issues before they arise by reviewing the issues other boards are dealing with and tapping many sources of information. Offers 12 recommendations. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources
Funk, Richard S.; Funk, Kara F. – Executive Educator, 1990
The Michigan School Boards Association holds workshops to teach board members how to make policy, exercise the necessary oversight of their policies, and hold administrators accountable for what happens in the district. Six checkpoints are presented regarding board policy expectations, legal review criteria, and operational concerns. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Wolfe, Leslie G. – 1982
The materials in this manual are designed to help workshop leaders prepare for and present a workshop for school board members on the variety of variables that must be considered in the course of developing board policy. In the course of the workshop, board members are encouraged to develop stronger self-confidence as policy makers and increased…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Decision Making
Governor's Commission on Schools, Springfield, IL. – 1973
This committee report represents almost a year of study of the various issues relating to the structure and organization of the constitutionally mandated board of education in Illinois. The committee's 31 recommendations are based on solicited expert testimony and a series of background and position papers. In addition, a highly detailed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education
California School Boards Association, Sacramento. – 1979
This manual for new and current board members describes school board activities in California. The first of 11 chapters discusses the board's function and the member's role on the board. Chapter 2 touches on government regulation of education under federal and state constitutions and statutes. Chapter 3 introduces the structure of public education…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1993
This paper describes current, official, statewide policy toward Illinois' 125 private colleges and universities. An opening section describes the historical development of higher education policy in the state since 1945. The next section summarizes the major current board of education policies in regulation, planning, student financial aid,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedBerger, Neal H.; And Others – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Between 1983 and 1985, the Florida Legislature enacted legislation that increased the credits required for high school graduation and redefined the closely related length and configuration of the school day. Members of the Superintendent's Task Force on the Seventh Period/Extended School Day, members and staff of the legislature's education and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Educational Legislation
