The future of school board governance : relevancy and revelation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alsbury, Thomas L., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2008]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • History of school board governance theory and research
  • Dissatisfaction theory of the American democracy / by Frank W. Lutz & Laurence Iannaccone
  • School board research: a retrospective / by Peter J. Cistone
  • History of the changing roles of school boards
  • The evolving role of school boards: retrospect and prospect / by Michael W. Kirst
  • Leading in an era of change: the micropolitics of superintendent-board relations / by Lars G. Bjork
  • School board/superintendent and authority relations
  • Historical and current tensions among board/superintendent
  • Teams: symptoms or cause? / by Meredith Mountford
  • Systemic leadership amidst turbulence: superintendent-school
  • Board relations under pressure / by George J. Petersen & Lance D. Fusarelli
  • School board democratic effectiveness
  • Money, interest groups, and school board elections / by Frederick Hess
  • Local school foundations: equity and the future of school funding / by Carol Merz Frankel
  • A descriptive case study of discord & dissent: the story of a school
  • Board's act of non-compliance to state and federal law / by Barbara DeHart & DeLacy D. Ganley
  • School board's role in district/systemic reform
  • The lighthouse inquiry: examining the role of school board
  • Leadership in the improvement of student achievement / by Mary L. Delagardelle
  • School reform, civic engagement, and school board leadership / by Theodore J. Kowalski
  • Relevance: school board influence on student achievement
  • School board politics and student achievement / by Thomas L. Alsbury
  • School boards and raising student outcomes: reflections
  • (confessions?) of a former urban school board member / by Sam Stringfield
  • Revelation: school board's viability and possible future
  • Elected versus appointed boards / by Thomas E. Glass
  • Education mayors & big city school boards: new directions
  • New evidence / by Kenneth K. Wong & Francis X. Shen.