"Rotondo" presents a conflict situation between a superintendent and his board of education. The New Jersey appellate court ruled that a board of education need not accept the recommendation of the superintendent and can appoint its own candidates after doing its own interviews. Emphasizes the broad power of a local board of education to…

Background: In June 2002, the State of Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) passed Public Act 02-119, An Act Concerning Bullying Behavior in Schools and Concerning the Pledge of Allegiance. Section 1 mandated that each local and regional board of education (school district) develop a policy to address bullying in its schools. Conn. Gen. Statute…

This book provides basic information for new board of education members on a wide range of issues that have turned up on board of education agendas in New Jersey over the past 10 years. Separate sections are devoted to the following: (1) the New Jersey School Boards Association's code of ethics for board members; (2) the governance of New Jersey…

THIS PLAN CONTAINS LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DECENTRALIZATION OF THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOR INCREASED PARENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. IN PART IT RESPONDS TO AN EARLIER PLAN PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR'S PANEL ON DECENTRALIZATION. THE PRESENT PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRUCTURING OF THE…

The article reviews the National Governors Association recommendation to allow parents to choose the public schools their children attend. Included are U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett's comments on the recommendations and comments by other concurring educators. The role of school boards as elected representatives of the community is…

The present article, a cross-case analysis, analyzes one aspect of the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that has generated conflict between the U.S. Department of Education and the federal court system. The conflicts arose between the courts' oversight of desegregation and the implementation of the public school choice…

For a number of years there has been a growing recognition of the importance of the school board's role in improving educational programs and services. Evidences of this recognition may be found in the increased citizen interest in school boards, the amount of school administration literature devoted to them, the rapidly growing body of school…

Educators are faced with policy development issues that will allow children with AIDS to be educated, provide AIDS education in the schools, and educate groups whose lack of information may cause difficulties for educators trying to implement these policies. This paper provides guidelines for development of a HIV/AIDS policy. The premises of…

Discussed are the methods used by Evanston's Board of Education to desegregate the entire school system. In 1964 the Board resolved to eliminate defacto segregation and a citizen's commission was appointed to develop a plan. Aided by computer experts, a redistribution of students was worked out which used the schools more efficiently while…

The real work of a board president or chair is developing working relationships with agencies, commissions, special interest groups, and especially the superintendent and other board members. Communication strategies include phone calls, small-group meetings, caucuses, e-mail, monthly meetings, letters, and notes. (MLF)

Five-and-a-half years ago, against the advice of his wife and his academic colleagues, Samuel C. Stringfield stepped out of his ivory tower. The then-50-year-old education researcher, a nationally known expert on school improvement, became a member of the Baltimore city school board. Until the time came when he left the board and the Center for…

Information about school operations in 50 cities with a core population of over 300,000 is presented in an attempt to reveal something about changes taking place. Relating generally to trends in population, enrollment, and finance and to boards of education, 37 items of data are presented for each city. These include: Number of teachers and…

Conclusions are: (1) school superintendents of many school districts feel that the public schools should be responsibile for educating students about sex; (2) teacher education institutions should begin offering training in sex education; (3) the majority of superintendents feel that sex education classes should not be coeducational and (4)…

After controlling for the primary concern of board members (finance in all its forms), there isn't much difference between the concerns of board members and those of the public. (IRT)

Examines the Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier Supreme Court decision regarding removal of books from public school classrooms and libraries, analyzes its effect on removal of books from the curriculum for legitimate educational reasons, and discusses a potential conflict between Hazelwood principles and the Establishment Clause of the First…