April
On The Cover
Lawrence Hardy
How rural schools are tackling the twin problems of isolation and poverty.
Features
- Title I at 40
Glenn Cook
A landmark anti-poverty program enters middle age with a new focus on achievement and accountability.
- Choosing to Make a Difference
Kati Haycock and Karin Chenoweth
How schools and districts are beating the odds and narrowing the achievement gap.
- A Story of School Governance
Michael D. Usdan
Conflicts in San Diego hold important lessons for school boards elsewhere.
- A Long Journey to School Reform
Ron Ottinger
San Diego's public schools, six years after the implementation of the Blueprint for Student Success.
- The Challenge of Teacher Quality
Nina Hurwitz and Sol Hurwitz
High standards and expectations must apply to teachers as well as to students.
- Math That Adds Up
Kathleen Vail
What schools can do to make U.S. students more competitive in the global marketplace.
- Plan to Succeed
Terrence Quinn
When your superintendent leaves, will your board face a leadership vacuum or will you have a succession plan in place?
- Sidebar: Developing Future Leaders
Craig Colgan
Leadership succession planning is too often an alien notion to school districts.
Departments
- Your Turn
April 2005 Your Turn
Editorial Staff
This month, You Say: NCLB will spur schools to improve. We Ask: Should we teach intelligent design?
- Up Front
April 2005 Up Front
Editorial Staff
News, views, and trends you should watch.
- Teachers
A Generation of Happiness
Russ Firlik
An administrator turned teacher finds the true meaning of the profession.
- Research
Reaching the Older Reader
Susan Black
The best way to increase literacy among adolescents is to start in the early grades.
- Opinion
Not with a Bang
Howard Good
For one father, canceling social studies sends a larger message.
- School Law
When Firing Backfires
Benjamin Dowling-Sendor
If you intend to terminate an employee, you have to follow the rules.
- Administration
Helping New Principals Succeed
Richard Sorenson
What school boards can do to support building administrators.
- Finance
The Case of Precinct 5
Don E. Lifto and J. Bradford Senden
Investigation into a failed tax levy leads to success at the polls.
- Adviser
April 2005 Adviser
Editorial Staff
What would you do if ... two board members got married?