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August

Your First 90 Days on the School Board

Del Stover

Here's how you can avoid rookie mistakes and 'hit the ground running

Matt Hopkins

For a new administrator, the answers to problems often are found outside the textbook

Pao Lor

Essential leadership qualities always supersede a person's ethnicity

Corporate boards should emulate school boards
Thomas A. Shannon
Corporate boards have a lot to learn from public school boards
What You Need to Know From the Lighthouse Project
Hilary Lamonte and Mary Delagardelle
An ongoing research project shows the link between board leadership and student achievement

Support Your Library and Raise Student Achievement
Melonie Menfee
With proper support, funding, and training, you can turn your facility's academic center into a digital hub

School Board News
August 2009 Up Front
Editorial Staff
News, views, and trends you should watch.
Your Turn
August 2009 Your Turn
Editorial Staff
Your chance to tell us what you think
School Law
Environmental Hazards and Public Schools
Edwin C. Darden
Air quality issues present both safety and legal issues for school districts.
Communications
Using Your School Calendar for Positive Press
Nora Carr
Use your school calendar's built-in public relations opportunities to attract positive press coverage for your district

Governance
Putting the Teamwork in Leadership Team
Doug Eadie
Governing is a team sport that requires an open relationship among school leaders
Money
Keeping Stimulus Funds Under Control
Charles K. Trainor
With stimulus funds arriving in school districts, here's what school boards can do to ensure compliance, monitor cost controls, and keep tabs on loss prevention
Marketplace
Readings and Reports
From 21st century skills to teenage pregnancy