The Essential School Board Book: Better Governance in the Age of Accountability

The Essential School Board Book: Better Governance in the Age of Accountability
ISBN-10
161250048X
ISBN-13
9781612500485
Category
Education
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
2009-10-01
Publisher
Harvard Education Press
Author
Nancy Walser

Description

The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country—boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning. Amid today’s heightened attention on student achievement, school boards find their responsibilities intensified and transformed. In this age of accountability, all school boards need to consider how best to maintain a focus on student achievement and promote it through district and school policies. In a highly readable and accessible fashion, the book summarizes research linking school board practices to student achievement. It features stories of sixteen diverse boards around the country—elected and appointed; rural, urban, and suburban—and the policies and procedures they have employed to enhance student achievement. Also included is a resource section for those investigating successful school board policies and practices in more depth.

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