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Winter 2010 California Schools magazine

Parenting 101: How schools are reaching out to teach their students’ first teachers

11/22/2010 - Parent effectiveness training is becoming an increasingly common extracurricular school program—even in these difficult economic times.

In This Issue

A conversation with ... Martha Fluor

'There is a role for each one of us to play in this organization'

Giving good intentions a push: The Americans with Disabilities Act at 20

Before the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, only one child with disabilities in five attended a public school.

Departments

A note from CSBA: Focusing on what matters most

From communications and organizational development to information technology and all the other internal operations that make CSBA’s external services possible, all of the work we do is focused on helping school boards understand their role and on giving them the tools they need to improve the lives of children.

Editor's note: Food for thought

Frankly, I feel like a fish out of water when it comes to the feature topics in this issue of California Schools: parenting, physical disabilities, and CSBA’s president-elect. I can usually find a personal connection with the topics we cover ...

Perspective: Strategic approaches to asthma in California schools

Asthma is the leading chronic disease among school-age children and is a major cause of school absences, accounting for a reported 14 million missed days of school annually nationwide—including 1.9 million days in California.

Perspective: Student-on-student sexual harassment

Your personnel can be the first line of defense—or liability

Class act: Tetzlaff video students make it to the Red Carpet

The Red Carpet Media Festival stirs the imaginations of Tetzlaff Middle School's technology-savvy students.

Class act: County-district collaboration helps families in crisis

The East Whittier City Elementary School District has developed a unique partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to head off and respond to family crises.

The last word: The glad game

Frank Pugh is president of the California School Boards Association.