Larry E. Frase is Professor of Organizational Psychology at San Diego State University. He has sixteen years of experience in school administration, including six years as assistant superintendent and eight as superintendent. He completed his M.A. and his Ph.D. at Arizona State University. He has published forty articles About the Authors xix in state and national journals and is currently working on articles ranging from school board reform to teacher motivation. School Management by Wandering Around (1990) is being used in graduate courses and by practicing school administrators. He is coauthor with Streshly of The Top Ten Myths in Education (2000). He has served as a speaker and/or consultant for more than seventy-five state and national conferences, school districts, and universities. He has received numerous honors and awards at professional conferences. He was selected as one of the Top One Hundred School Administrators in the United States in 1985 by the National School Board Association and the American Association of School Administrators.
William A. Streshly is Professor of Educational Administration at San Diego State University. He has twenty-five years of experience in public school administration, including more than thirteen years as district superintendent, five years as high school principal, five years as vice principal, and two years as counselor and student activities adviser. Currently, he teaches school law and finance in addition to coordinating San Diego State University's Administrative Credential Program. He has published articles on character education, staff development, curriculum development,competency testing, school finance, school labor relations, restructuring schools, and managing change. He is the coauthor of two other books, The Top Ten Myths in Education and Teacher Unions and TQE. A fourth book on teacher unions is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2001. He has served as speaker and consultant for xviii Avoiding Legal Hassles more than thirty state and national conferences, school districts, and professional organizations, in addition to scores of speaking engagements for community service clubs, chambers of commerce, alumni clubs, and political groups. He has served as a leader in numerous community/civic organizations and has served as an educational adviser to county, state, and federal officials. John Walsh is an attorney with Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside, California. His practice includes school law, public agency law, and general litigation. He graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School and was elected to the Order of the Coif, an international academic honor association. While in law school, he received American Jurisprudence Awards for his studies of contracts and trial advocacy. He also holds a doctorate in history from the Claremont Graduate University, Clare mont, California; a master's degree in history from American University, Washington, D.C.; and an undergraduate degree in politics and history from Queen's University, Ontario, Canada, where he graduated with honors. He represents a wide variety of school districts, colleges, and public agencies and also writes and gives presentations on legal issues of importance to his school district clients. His article on peer sexual harassment appeared in the Hastings Women's Law Journal. Prior to practicing law, he taught history and American studies at Claremont McKenna College (Claremeont, California), Occidental College (Los Angeles), and in the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
