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9781578864539

Inside the Board Room Reflections of a Former School Board Member

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  • ISBN13:

    9781578864539

  • ISBN10:

    1578864534

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-05-23
  • Publisher: R&L Education
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Summary

Here is a collection of essays that touch on a wide range of education issues including school reform, civic education, the function of honor societies, the decline of reading and writing skills, the role of guidance counselors, and the effectiveness of school boards.

Author Biography

Howard Good is a professor of journalism at SUNY-New Paltz and former president of the Highland (N.Y.) school board

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1 Top Ten
1(2)
2 Losing It
3(8)
3 Now Playing
11(6)
4 Not with a Bang
17(4)
5 Wilderness Road
21(6)
6 Graduation Day
27(4)
7 Honor Role
31(6)
8 A Darkness Darker Than Night
37(4)
9 Schoolhouse Rock
41(6)
10 Straight to Hell 47(4)
11 The Deepest Cut 51(4)
12 The Bard of Education 55(6)
13 These Truths 61(4)
14 "War Minus the Shooting" 65(8)
15 The Finger 73(4)
16 The Way of the Kayak 77(2)
17 After Story Hour 79(4)
18 Write and Wrong 83(4)
19 Sing! 87(4)
20 Board-dom 91(6)
About the Author 97

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