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Improving School Board Effectiveness: A Balanced Governance Approach
Contributor(s): Alsbury, Thomas L. (Editor), Gore, Phil (Editor), Daggett, Willard R. (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1612508766     ISBN-13: 9781612508764
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE:   $30.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Administration - Elementary & Secondary
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Leadership
Dewey: 379.153
LCCN: 2015938616
Physical Information: 0.21" H x 7.4" W x 9.2" (0.89 lbs) 216 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Improving School Board Effectiveness offers a clarifying and essential look at the evolving role of school boards and how they contribute to efforts to improve student learning. It examines how board members can establish effective district priorities, and it explores those board policies and actions that result in shared, districtwide commitments to heightened student achievement.

This book arises out of a critical need for a better understanding of school boards and the development of helpful tools and guidelines for school board members. At its heart is the notion of Balanced Governance, a principle that most generally "balances the authority of a superintendent to lead a school district with the necessary oversight of a locally engaged and knowledgeable board."

Improving School Board Effectiveness is a helpful and practical book that will prove indispensable for school board members, school and district administrators, and everyone with a stake in school improvement and reform.

Contributor Bio(s): Alsbury, Thomas L.: - Thomas L. Alsbury, a former schoolteacher, principal, and administrator, is a professor of educational leadership at Seattle Pacific University as well as a founder and president of Balanced Governance Solutions.Gore, Phil: - Phil Gore, a former school board member, is the division director for leadership team services with the Texas Association of School Boards.