Published work by Lisa Rosenthal: Articles E-Newsletters Reports Books

Published Articles

Monthly news articles for the San Mateo County Office of Education Web site including:

Governor‘s Latest Budget Proposal Reveals Good and Bad News for K12 Schools

San Mateo County School Districts Sign On to Race to the Top

The New Look of ROP

More than 75 articles for the GreatSchools Web site including:

What Makes a Great Teacher?

What Makes a Great School Board Member?

What Makes a Great Superintendent?

Class Size: Issues to Consider

High School Exit Exams: Issues to Consider

What's All the Fuss About? Evolution, Intelligent Design and Science Education

Numerous feature articles for California Schools, the quarterly magazine of the California School Boards Association, including:

Pride and Prejudice

Late Start, early success

Published E-Newsletters

News & Views, monthly e-newsletter for the San Mateo County Office of Education, distribution to nearly 1,000 subscribers

My School Stats, monthly e-newsletter for GreatSchools.net,
distribution to nearly 1 million subscribers

Published Reports

2009 Annual Report for the San Mateo County Office of Education, in print and online

Community Voices: Enhancing Community Involvement in Issues Affecting Families with Young Children,
a 40-page report for the Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families, a program of the Peninsula Community Foundation

How to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten,
a 64-page booklet for the San Mateo County Office of Education, now in statewide distribution to other counties

Published Books

Textbooks:
Academic Reading and Study Skills for International Students
(with Susan Blake Rowland) Prentice-Hall, 1986

Writing for a Specific Purpose
(with Sandra McKay) Prentice-Hall, 1979