L. Dean Webb

School Business Administration.

Political, Economic, and Organizational Context Role and Function Management Techniques Classified Personnel Administration Purchasing and Supply Management Budgeting Processes and Procedures Financial and Property Accounting Data Processing Assessment of School Facility Needs Management of Capital Outlay Operation and Maintenance of Plant Pupil Transportation School Food Services Risk Management and Insurance Communications

Economic Correlates of Suicide in the United States (1929–1992): A Time Series Analysis

A time series analysis of the relationship between suicide rates for several demographic groups and economic variables (unemployment, Gross National Product, and Consumer Price Index) in the United States for the period 1929 to 1992 was examined. When unemployment precedes suicide by one year, a modest relationship between unemployment and suicide was found for Whites and both males and females. The association was strongest for males. There was also an association between unemployment and suicide for the age group 45–64 years. There were no relationships found between suicide and the Gross National Product nor suicide and the Consumer Price Index.

Ella Flagg Young: Pioneer of Democratic School Administration:

Ella Flagg Young was the first woman superintendent of a large city school system (Chicago, 1909-1915) and the first woman president of the National Education Association (1910). She was a professor of pedagogy and a colleague of John Dewey at the University of Chicago. Dewey called her the “wisest person in school matters with whom he had come in contact in any way.” Young pioneered practices in what has come to be known as democratic school administration and was among the first to organize school councils to give teachers a greater voice in the administration of schools. She was also a major contributor to the literature of dissent from the “cult of efficiency” that followed the widespread adoption in school administration of the principles of scientific management. Through a critical review of primary and secondary sources, this work examines this remarkable womans half-century of involvement in American education.

What Schools Can Do To Combat Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment

Student-to-student sexual harassment takes place every day in almost every school in the United States. It is a serious problem for the schools, not only because of its devastating impact on victims or the potential liability of the district or its employees but because of the consequences if it is not confronted.

Legal Principles in Preventing and Responding to School Violence.

Martha M. McCarthy (McCarthy@Indiana.edu) is Chancellor Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Indiana University; and L. Dean Webb (Webb@asu.edu) is professor of education at Arizona State University. Students currently in our schools will be establishing the culture in the workplace in a decade, and perhaps in two or three decades they will be influencing public policy in their communities, states, and beyond.