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2009
 | Some board members may be new to the concept of data-driven decision-making, but it’s become part of the culture for other districts. |
In This Issue
If adequately supported, school librarians—or teacher librarians, as they are called in California—are vital educational leaders on campus who update educators’ and students’ research skills in an era of ever-changing technology.
The difference between a student staying in school or dropping out iis often the knowledge that someone—even just one adult—really cares about them and their future. Many model schools are doing an outstanding job.
Departments
Scott P. Plotkin is the executive director of the California School Boards Association.
Brian Taylor (btaylor@ csba.org) is the managing editor of California Schools.
Ankeny Minoux is president of the Foundation for Health Coverage Education.
The Orange County Department of Education makes the great outdoors available to everyone through its self-funded outdoor education program, Inside the Outdoors.
Buckeye Union School District Superintendent Terry Wenig and her colleagues decided to turn CSBA’s Professional Governance Standards for school boards—which encompass roles for individual board members, the board itself, and the board’s responsibilities—into a survey format for the superintendent and all board members to respond to on an anonymous basis.