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Discusses recall campaigns against school board members in the U.S. Role of teacher unions in school board recalls; Tips for school administrators faced with recall attempts; Details of several states' provisions on recall procedures; Negative effects of politically motivated recalls. INSETS: WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE TARGETED;WHY RECALLS OCCUR. AND WHY THEY DON'T.

Evaluates the state of school boards in the U.S. as of December 2003. Issues on budget cut and member interactions; Views of board members toward their job; Challenges faced by school boards.

Reports on the annual spending of U.S. schools to replace teachers who have left the profession. Ratio of new teachers who have left the profession within five years; Average cost of replacing a teacher; Recommendations of an alliance report on the provision of a comprehensive induction.

Provides information on the trend of reconstituting large schools into smaller schools in the U.S. Foundation that spearheaded the trend; Plans of the Chicago Public School for the recreation of its schools by 2010; Efforts of the Chicago Civic Committee in partnership with national and local foundations to provide financial and technical support to the initiative; Reaction of the advocacy group Design for Change to the participation of businesses and foundation community in the initiative.

Focuses on the conflict in the school district board of the Orleans Parish School District. Provision of a law enacted in the Louisiana legislature on the school board's governance and auditing; Conflict between Superintendent Tony Amato and some members of the school board; Intervention of the state legislature in the conflict.

Discusses the legitimacy crisis of school boards in the U.S. Types of dysfunction that usually occur in school boards; Effect of micromanagement on school board; Views of Douglas Reeves, founder of the organization Center for Performance Assessment, on the issue; Means for school boards to improve their participation in the issue.

Focuses on Community Consolidated School District 15 (CCSD 15) in Palatine, Illinois, a recipient of the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the U.S. Background on the establishment of the award; Significance of the data-collection efforts of CCSD 15 in improving the academic achievement of students in the district; Impact of the award on the improvement of school districts.

Examines criticisms against the performance of U.S. school boards in managing schools. Claims regarding the functions of school boards; Information on a conference on school board politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Factors that contribute to the effectiveness of school boards.

Focuses on the strategy used by several school administrators and school officials to integrate character education programs in their courses. Update on the development of character education programs in the U.S.; Information on the character education program at Stafford County, which was named as the 2002 National School of Character award winner; Background on the Character Education Partnership.

Deals with issues related to the class-size initiatives that are being implemented in several school districts in the U.S. Estimated budget allotted by the Florida Education Commission to repeal class-size limits within the state; Average salaries of teachers in Florida; Results of several studies, which explored the impact of small classes on student achievement.