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Description for Educated Guess
Paperback. School board veterans and rookies alike will identify with Good's wide-ranging tales of board service. This text provides guidance to those facing common school board issues: school violence, censorship, public speaking, budget cuts, and citizen complaints. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Anyone who has served on a school board or taught in a classroom has stories to tell, but few have chronicled their experiences with the candor and humor of school board president and journalism professor Howard Good in Educated Guess: A School Board Member Reflects. School board veterans and rookies alike will identify with Good's wide-ranging tales of board service. The book provides guidance to those facing common school board issues: school violence, censorship, public speaking, budget cuts, citizen complaints, internal conflicts, and the negative image that seems to dog school boards no matter what they do. Educated ... Read more
Anyone who has served on a school board or taught in a classroom has stories to tell, but few have chronicled their experiences with the candor and humor of school board president and journalism professor Howard Good in Educated Guess: A School Board Member Reflects. School board veterans and rookies alike will identify with Good's wide-ranging tales of board service. The book provides guidance to those facing common school board issues: school violence, censorship, public speaking, budget cuts, citizen complaints, internal conflicts, and the negative image that seems to dog school boards no matter what they do. Educated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780810847590
SKU
V9780810847590
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Howard Good
Howard Good has served six years on the Highland, N.Y. school board, the last three as president. He is also vice president of the Ulster County School Boards Association. His commentaries on education have appeared in such national publications as American School Board Journal,Education Week, and Teacher Magazine. A professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz, he has written eight ... Read more
Reviews for Educated Guess
These essays could prove enlightening for those brave soles seriously pondering a run for their local school board…Administrators who are willing to read this book with an open mind might find much to appreciate as well…I count it as a…source of inspiration for my next campaign.
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