Provides an account of statewide initiatives affecting education. (IRT)

Offers advice to school board members who might seek a teachers' union endorsement in their reelection campaigns. Includes hypothetical questions and answers that might be given in a candidates' forum. (WD)

Discusses some adverse effects that new financial disclosure laws are having on school board candidates. (IRT)

Discusses the election campaign experiences of nine school board members from around the country to provide tips on campaign strategy. (WD)

Offers a profile of two board candidates and the campaigns they waged in losing efforts to be elected. (IRT)

Santa Clara County, California, school districts cooperate to hold workshops to educate school board campaigners. Six suggestions for holding similar workshops are included. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the steps involved in running for the board--planning, campaigning, identifying the voters, using resources, and raising money--and offers advice about each step. (IRT)

Asserts that the tide against incumbents is so strong right now that a large number of them will be thrown off their school boards in the months ahead. Offers advice to save them from defeat at the polls. (Author/WM)

Working with local reporters is increasingly important in passing educational referendums. An analysis of the Rockford, Illinois, school system's press coverage relating to a failed and then a passed referendum shows an interesting pattern. The referendum defeat was preceded by a lack of fact-filled, substantive newspaper reports about the…

Suggests that to use time and money to maximum effectiveness, a candidate should run a 2-level campaign, one directed at issues, the other at making his name known. (WM)

Advice to candidates for elected office centers on the formation of committees to take care of those all-important details. (WM)

Lists strategies drawn from research findings to help candidates win board of education elections. (JM)

Board members from around the country identified the keys to successful school board campaigns. Generally, board members say the cost of waging an election campaign is rising. Candidates are making fuller use of voter lists to target demographic groups. A sidebar lists the high cost of getting elected in the large districts of Dade county,…

Board members running for reelection against teacher union opposition should differentiate classroom teachers from the union, promote their board experience, research the issues, prepare early for the campaign, analyze the reasons for union opposition, anticipate psychological warfare, mount a positive defense, admit mistakes, and turn union…