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Welcome to "The American School Board Journal" store. You can browse through our PDF articles by year and issue back through 2002. All of the articles are priced at $5.00 each. Just select the documents you want, create your account, enter your credit card information, and the document will be immediately available for download and printing. Document downloads will remain active in your account for 30 days from the date of purchase.

Current Issue

On The Cover

  		• The Risk Paradox
    Authored By: Lawrence Hardy, Date Published: 7/18/2008, Product#: 268269
    When ASBJ asked education consultant Deborah Meier to name some failed and successful school reforms of the past three decades, she e-mailed back this short reply: "In fact, th...
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Features

  		• Educating New Board Members
    Authored By: Robert L. Zorn, Date Published: 7/18/2008, Product#: 268271
    With the average board member serving either one or two terms, periodic turnover is inevitable, as is the need for training those joining your board. But who should conduct the...
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  		• An Agenda That Works
    Authored By: Rick Maloney, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268273
    Most school boards try to do too much with their agendas, keeping a watchful eye on all sorts of district activities yet failing to accomplish the board's most basic functions. ...
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  		• Moving on Up
    Authored By: Patricia Nugent, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268275
    Due to the leadership shortage school districts are facing, succession planning is more critical than ever. It involves a proactive process of systematically identifying, deve...
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  		• Newsmaker: Daniel Domenech
    Authored By: Editorial Staff, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268277
    Former Fairfax County (Va.) Schools Superintendent Daniel Domenech returns to Washington, D.C., as the new executive director of the nation's largest superintendents associat...
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  		• From Research to Policy
    Authored By: Frederick M. Hess and Juliet Squire, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268279
    School leaders are inundated with research findings they can't sift through. Making matters especially difficult is talk of "data-driven decision making" ...
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Departments

  		• August 2008 Up Front
    Authored By: Editorial Staff, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268293
    This month: The enrollment surge challenges school districts across the nation; back to school facts and figures; bipartisan groups continue to discuss the future of NCLB; and...
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  		• August 2008 Your Turn
    Authored By: Editorial Staff, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268291
    This month: You say, "Consider outsourcing -- maybe." We ask: "What's your take on school reform?"...
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  		• The Legal Hierarchy
    Authored By: Edwin C. Darden, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268289
    There is an expression declaring that the law is a seamless web, a phrase that conveys the complexity of a tangled U.S. legal system. Understanding a source's weight of autho...
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  		• Why Communication Matters
    Authored By: Nora Carr, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268287
    School boards still fail to invest adequately in school communications. Some fear alienating taxpayers and teachers. Others feel constrained by dwindling funds. A few don't think c...
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  		• Prescription for Success
    Authored By: Doug Eadie, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268285
    You will not be surprised to learn that some superintendents will not welcome a dialogue with the board on CEO-specific leadership targets. But they've got no choice if they reall...
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  		• Thwarting the Time Bandits
    Authored By: Charles K. Trainor, Date Published: 7/21/2008, Product#: 268283
    A variety of time and leave schemes are used to cheat districts, where salaries and benefits are the greatest expense. Some involve the manipulation of controls put in plac...
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