Full Description
The Future of School Board Governance combines theoretical debate as well as empirical evidence of the effectiveness and relevancy of local school boards today. Original theorists of competing school board governance theories, current researchers, and researcher/practitioners provided the latest empirical data about the role of school boards as well as applications for practitioners in the field. Such a combination of readings is rarely found in a single volume.
This book has a unique and distinguished set of contributors representing a virtual Who's Who among governance researchers. Many of these authors represent the major school governance theorists of the 20th century. While other books generally include only scholars from a single academic field, this list of authors includes some of the top scholars in the fields of political science, educational administration, and sociology. The authors also come from the practitioner field including numerous former school administrators, school board members and state associate directors representing over 200 years of collective experience in K-12 education.
Contents
Chapter 1 Dissatisfaction Theory of the American Democracy
Part 1 History of School Board Governance Theory and Research
Chapter 2 School Board Research: A Retrospective
Part 2 History of the Changing Roles of School Boards
Part 3 School Board/Superintendent and Authority Relations
Chapter 3 The Evolving Role of School Boards: Retrospect and Prospect
Chapter 4 Leading in an Era of Change:The Micropolitics of Superintendent-Board Relations
Part 4 School Board Democratic Effectiveness
Part 5 School Board's Role in District/Systemic Reform
Chapter 5 Historical and Current Tensions Among Board/Superintendent Teams: Symptoms or Cause?
Part 6 Relevance: School Board Influence on Student Achievement
Chapter 6 Systemic Leadership Amidst Turbulence: Superintendent-School Board Relations Under Pressure
Part 7 Revelation: School Board's Viability and Possible Future
Chapter 7 Money, Interest Groups, and School Board Elections
Chapter 8 Local School Foundations: Equity and the Future of School Funding
Chapter 9 A Descriptive Case Study of Discord & Dissent: The Story of A School Board's Act of Non-Compliance To State And Federal Law
Chapter 10 The Lighthouse Inquiry: Examining the Role of School Board Leadership in the Improvement of Student Achievement
Chapter 11 School Reform, Civic Engagement, and School Board Leadership
Chapter 12 School Board Politics and Student Achievement
Chapter 13 School Boards and Raising Student Outcomes: Reflections (Confessions?) of a Former Urban School Board Member
Chapter 14 Elected Versus Appointed Boards
Chapter 15 Education Mayors & Big City School Boards: New Directions, New Evidence
