Inside the Board Room Reflections of a Former

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.

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

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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Inside the Board Room Reflections of a Former School Board Member

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