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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

  		• Breakfast for All
    Authored By: Naomi Dillon, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274523
    Breakfast, sadly, is a disappearing morning ritual. Only 35 percent of parents with elementary-age children and 22 percent of parents of middle and high school students eat brea...
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Features

  		• The Future of Libraries
    Authored By: Lawrence Hardy, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274527
    Students have more information at their disposal than ever before, but can’t evaluate it any better than their card-catalogue-bound predecessors. Students’ facility with new t...
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  		• The Big Count
    Authored By: Del Stover, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274529
    This spring, the federal government will launch the 2010 census. For school boards, the most obvious impact of the census will be on future funding. Whether school boards get thei...
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  		• The Board's Role in Innovation
    Authored By: Douglas Reeves, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274532
    In a new monthly column in American School Board Journal, Douglas Reeves shares real-world examples of how school board members are making a difference in helping their local ...
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  		• Notable Education Books of 2009
    Authored By: Kathleen Vail, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274533
    Salon journalist Dave Cullen’s Columbine tops our list of notable education books for 2009, chosen by the editors of American School Board Journal. Two other narratives by jour...
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Departments

  		• January 2010 Your Turn
    Authored By: Editorial Staff, Date Published: 12/15/2009, Product#: 274541
    This month: You Say: "School choice is no panacea." We Ask, "Do your schools offer breakfast?" ...
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  		• The Civil Role of Students
    Authored By: Susan Black, Date Published: 12/16/2009, Product#: 274587
    What happens after students get elected to student councils? At best, the process gives students a voice in school governance and prepares future leaders. But many low-income stu...
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  		• Courting Controversy
    Authored By: Edwin C. Darden, Date Published: 12/16/2009, Product#: 274588
    While JROTC may serve both patriotic and curricular aims, whether it exists at all is a judgment that cannot be legally forced on a school district. Yet, school board members...
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  		• Rules Aren't Enough
    Authored By: Doug Eadie, Date Published: 12/16/2009, Product#: 274589
    If governing isn’t making policies or rules, what is it? When you strip away the fancy rhetoric, governing becomes nothing more than the board making decisions about very concrete...
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  		• The 403(b) and You
    Authored By: Charles K. Trainor, Date Published: 12/16/2009, Product#: 274590
    Does your district have a 403(b)? It is a tax-sheltered, retirement savings plan for public school employees and certain other tax-exempt organizations. To determine if yo...
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