scholarly journals Understanding School Boards and Their Use of Different Models of Governance

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Ford ◽  
Douglas M. Ihrke
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Governance Models

In this article, the authors apply Mel Gill’s (2002) description of governance model types to a national sample of school board members in the United States. The authors find that the majority of school board members take a policy-driven approach to board governance, while a substantial percentage take a traditional approach that delegates clear authority to the organization executive. Multinomial-logistic regression analysis and a series of analysis of variance tests are used to identify the structural and group dynamic differences between difference governance model types. The authors find that governance models have an impact on the group dynamics of organizations and that board approaches to governance differ substantially by area, concluding that future studies of governance models should consider the differences in governance strategies across functional areas.

scholarly journals Rural Superintendents’ Responses to COVID-19: Navigating Local Control During a Public Health Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad R. Lochmiller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
School Board ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Crisis Leadership ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Superintendents ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Individual

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a variety of responses by organizational leaders throughout the United States and internationally. This paper explores the responses of five rural school superintendents who work in a conservative Midwestern state. Using an exploratory qualitative research design, the study analyzes interviews and documents collected remotely to adhere to current public health guidelines. The study adopted a crisis leadership perspective to explore how rural school superintendents were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and managing the politics associated with it. Findings suggest that superintendents were acutely aware of their community’s current political stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic and were especially responsive to the individual political philosophies of their elected school board members. The superintendents did not uniformly adopt crisis leadership behaviors to respond to the circumstances created by the pandemic. Rather, superintendents responded in ways that managed the political perspectives held by their elected board members and sought to reconcile differences in the board members’ political perspectives that precluded action. As part of this reconciliation, the superintendents leveraged public health information to shape and at times change elected school board members’ perspectives. This information helped the superintendents overcome political perspectives that led some of the most conservative board members to resist widely accepted public health guidance. Implications for the field of educational leadership, research on rural superintendents, and potential revisions to superintendent preparation are discussed.

Impact of the California Project LEAN School Board Member Social Marketing Campaign

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. McDermott ◽  
Victoria Berends ◽  
Kelli R. McCormack Brown ◽  
Peggy Agron ◽  
Karen M. Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
Marketing Campaign ◽  
Social Marketing Campaign ◽  
Food And Beverage

The prevalence of overweight youth in the United States has increased remarkably over the last two decades. Overweight and obese youth are at elevated risk for chronic diseases and other adverse health conditions. The foods and beverages that youth access at school (e.g., in a la carte food lines, in vending machines, and in school stores) contribute to overweight and obesity. Enacting policy to ban or restrict unhealthy food and beverage products at school can play a role in managing the epidemic of obesity. School board members are, therefore, a priority audience for introducing healthier food and beverage alternatives through articulation of specific policy initiatives. Under the leadership of California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition), a social marketing campaign was directed at California school board members to motivate them to advance nutrition-related policy issues at school board meetings, and to enact and enforce school policies that support healthy eating. In less than two years after implementing the campaign, a significant increase in nutrition-related issues on school board meeting agendas occurred, more favorable nutrition-related policies became enacted, and school board members reported greater readiness to support school nutrition-related issues. Details of campaign development, implementation, and impact are reported.

Three Famous School Board Members

1931 ◽  
Vol 113 (20) ◽  
pp. 527-528
Author(s):  
Albert E. Winship
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members

Famous School Board Members

1931 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-33
Author(s):  
J. L. van Norman ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Albert E. Winship
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members

Three Famous School Board Members

1931 ◽  
Vol 113 (9) ◽  
pp. 246-246
Author(s):  
Albert E. Winship
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members

scholarly journals Correlates of Single Versus Multiple Functional Disabilities Among Aging Americans: Race/Ethnicity and Region of Birth

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 233372142091478
Author(s):  
Ami R. Moore ◽  
Maggie Bohm-Jordan ◽  
Foster Amey ◽  
Elias Mpofu
Keyword(s):  
Functional Disability ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Veteran Status ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Background: Significant racial/ethnic disparities exist in the prevalence of functional disability among older Americans. Objective: The study analyzed the odds of older people in the United States experiencing single and multiple disabilities, by race and region of birth. Method: Data came from the American Community Survey (2011–2015). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used. Results: Region of birth, race/ethnicity, age, citizenship status, duration of stay, sex, marital status, veteran status, educational attainment, poverty status, and class of workers were all significantly associated with reports of either single or multiple disabilities. However, the introduction of the interaction terms for citizenship status by race modified some of the significant results. For instance, being born in Latin America no longer reduced the odds in reports of both single and multiple disabilities. However, compared with Whites and native-born of all races, both Hispanics who were either naturalized or were noncitizens had lower odds of reporting multiple disabilities (27% and 28% lower, respectively), whereas naturalized Hispanics also had significantly reduced odds (22%) for a single disability. Conclusion: These findings add to the disability, race/ethnicity, and place of birth literature.

Famous School Board Members

1930 ◽  
Vol 112 (21) ◽  
pp. 521-521
Author(s):  
Albert E. Winship
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members

Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 72-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua P. Starr
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
School Governance ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
Local School

Changing how we select school board members and how we approve district budgets could address long-standing challenges of local school governance.

Famous School Board Members

1930 ◽  
Vol 112 (22) ◽  
pp. 545-545
Author(s):  
Albert E. Winship
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
School Board Members
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