Since 1974, New Jersey board of education members' responsibilities have increased in direct proportion to major legislative actions and mandates affecting the state's public schools. This revised pamphlet was written to help new board members carry out their responsibilities. The first chapter outlines board members' authority as elected state…

This collective case study examined how three educators (a high school social studies teacher, a university social studies teacher educator, and minister teaching an adult population) used a multimedia based curriculum guide, "Teaching the Levees", to teach about climate change to examine public priorities in relation to the environment.…

Due to a diminishing level of available funds, school leaders are faced with difficult decisions associated with reducing budget expenditures. The only way to prevent losing more programs and services is to reduce spending. An area which is quickly gaining popularity in reducing expenditures is outsourcing. Many schools have turned to outside…

This article reports on the authors' experiences as researchers finding out that working with an advocacy organization helped to address the lag between analyzing and drawing conclusions from research and ensuring that relevant findings had an impact. For many in the world of advocacy or those in the world of research, the partnership that is the…

This study adopted an interpretive/qualitative methodology to explore the issues and challenges of developing and maintaining Persian/Farsi as a heritage language in homes and neighborhoods for second-generation Iranian-American youth living in a major US metropolitan area with a sizable concentration of Iranian immigrants. The purpose of the…

This book provides basic information for new board of education members on a wide range of issues that have turned up on board of education agendas in New Jersey over the past 10 years. Separate sections are devoted to the following: (1) the New Jersey School Boards Association's code of ethics for board members; (2) the governance of New Jersey…

Reflecting the management advocacy position taken by school boards in collective bargaining procedures, this report analyzes New Jersey school labor negotiations laws and practices as of 1978. Terms and issues of special interest are defined and explained. Topics include contract language, good faith bargaining, past practice, negotiations…

Described in the supplemental manual are representative materials developed in New Jersey for use by educational planners when setting up resource room programs to mainstream handicapped children. Suggested materials are grouped within eight color-coded sections that cover the following topics: public relations and communications; staff and…

This report, one of an annual series, analyzes New Jersey school labor negotiations laws and practices as of 1980 from the school board's perspective. This edition of the report is not as comprehensive as earlier issues, since the issuing agency has developed other publications to treat some aspects of negotiation. The topics remaining are new to…

This Manual for New Jersey Community College Trustees offers a brief history and overview of the New Jersey Community College System and New Jersey's System of Higher Education for new board members. It also provides a list of trustee duties and responsibilities, which include: defining the role and mission of the college, evaluating institutional…

This report examines current issues relating to day care and challenges many of the policy assumptions that underlie a major public program of subsidized day care for children. A historical perspective of day care is presented and various types of day care are described. The costs and benefits of day care are examined and the relation of day care…

LITERATURE ON SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION OF NEGROES AND WHITES IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED. THE LITERATURE SURVEYED IS CONFINED TO ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS IN THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1951, TO JULY 1, 1956. SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL AREAS INCLUDE INTERRACIAL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN CHURCHES, IN…

When students in a New Jersey public middle school decided to learn about their community's history of desegregation through a unique language arts and social studies project, no one imagined how powerful the experience would be for everyone involved. In addition to researching newspaper articles and historical documents, the students conducted…

This document examines recent developments in strategic planning for employment, identifies key elements of strategic plans, examines issues to be addressed in implementing such plans, examines New Jersey's state plan in detail, and provides short sketches of the strategic plans for employment in six other states. Following an executive summary,…

A consortium of seven urban districts in New Jersey was formed to provide a basis for cooperation between local districts, the regional Educational Improvement Centers, and the Urban Education Observatory in developing school improvement strategies. The consortium is organized into various levels of people (assistant superintendents, vice…