THE ESSENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD BOOK by Nancy Walser, Richard F Elmore (Foreword) ( 9781934742327 )

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Title:

THE ESSENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD BOOK
BETTER GOVERNANCE IN THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

By:

Nancy Walser, Richard F Elmore (Foreword)

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1934742325

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9781934742327

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Publisher:

HARVARD EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING GROUP

Pub. date:

1 October, 2009

Description:

An effective school board that works with school leaders and its community is better prepared to promote learning objectives and improve teaching. This book examines habits of these high-functioning boards and their varied methods of attaining success.

Synopsis:

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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