The Hard and Critical Work of School Board Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (158) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Cindy Elsbernd
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
School Board Governance

scholarly journals School Board Governance in Changing Times: A School's Transition to Policy Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Curry ◽  
◽  
Sean Kinder ◽  
Tania Benoiton ◽  
Jessica Noonan
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
Policy Governance ◽  
School Board Governance ◽  
Changing Times

School Boards

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ford
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
School Board ◽  
School Boards ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
Research Areas

School boards are a fixture of America’s public education system. The vast majority of public school students obtain an education overseen by one of over 13,000 locally elected school boards. Yet scholars and advocates continue to debate the legitimacy, efficacy, and even need for school boards. Supporters argue that school boards are bastions of local control designed to represent citizen values. Critics dismiss school boards as under qualified, overly political, and generally not up to the task of improving student outcomes. Key areas of school board research include board zones of discretion, superintendent relations, the link between school board governance and outcomes, and role of special interest groups in board elections. All of these research areas relate to the larger question of whether school boards are the appropriate model for the oversight of public education.

Qup Vadis, School Board?

1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
William George Bruce
Keyword(s):  
School Board

Three Innovations: Promises and Perils

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Sam Oh Neill
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Professional Learning Community ◽  
School Board ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
School Reforms ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Purpose Of Education ◽  
Differentiation Of Instruction

In 2003, I began a longitudinal study into the purpose of education. The process of my investigation included getting involved in new innovations as they were introduced to our school board. As I looked deeper into the purpose of schooling I discovered some startling things about how and why systems of education, through the apparatus of schooling, influence who and what, professionally, people become. I also discovered patterns related to the act of becoming that exist in school reforms. This study analyzes three reforms introduced between 2003 and 2017: Professional Learning Community, Differentiation of Instruction, and Social-Emotional Learning. 

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