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California Schools Magazine Summer 2008

Talking points: Savvy message management helps you put your best foot forward, not in your mouth!

Skeptics and critics of public education are forever ready to pounce on any failure, real or perceived. And the ferocity of their attacks can reduce even the best school leaders to huffing protestations or tongue-tied silence.

In This Issue

A conversation with … Ted Mitchell

Ted Mitchell is president of the California State Board of Education.

A Growing Trend: School gardens plant the seeds of greater understanding

Slowly but surely, despite changes in academic priorities, accountability systems and fiscal uncertainties, school gardens and related agriculture programs are taking root at rural, urban and suburban schools across the country.

Foundation fundamentals: Communities pitch in to help fill funding gaps

Local education foundations have been around for a long time, but their significance and impact on public schools have increased exponentially, and in close proportion to drastic cuts in state and federal funding, as well as the draconian effects on property tax revenues caused by the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978.

Departments

Executive director’s note: Rube Goldberg, the Rubicon, and the ‘May revise’

Scott P. Plotkin is the executive director of the California School Boards Association.

Editor's note: You can’t stop the presses, so you have to manage the message

Brian Taylor is the managing editor of California Schools.

Who’s caring for your kids? California’s young athletes at risk for serious injury in schools

Mike West is Governmental Affairs chair of the California Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Class Act: ‘A real turnaround’

Banning Unified School District's conflict mediation program is a hit.

Class Act: County’s tech school is a monument to hands-on learning

The Madera County Office of Education helps potential dropouts stay connected.

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Editor in Chief
Susan Swigart
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Managing Editor
Brian Taylor
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Carol Brydolf
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