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Demmon-Berger, Debbie – Updating School Board Policies, 1986
Interest in preschool programs appears to be increasing, but the experts continue to disagree over the value of such programs. This review of recent developments accomplishes the following: (1) looks at the popular acceptance of a school-sponsored, universal, voluntary, free, prekindergarten program in South Tama County, Iowa; (2) notes research…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Community Support, Preschool Education
Greene, Brenda Z. – Updating School Board Policies, 1984
The theme article of this issue, "Addressing Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood" by Brenda Greene, explains that pregnant students and those who are already parents have the same legal rights to public education as do all other students. To meet this responsibility and to lower dropout rates, schools need to make educational opportunities available…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Dismissal (Personnel), Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Boileau, Don M.; McBath, James H. – Updating School Board Policies, 1987
School systems are increasingly following national reports' recommendations that oral communication instruction in the high school curriculum should develop students' everyday academic competencies, personal confidence, and research and employment abilities. This report discusses instructional applications of oral communication and offers course…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competence, Creative Expression
