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What School Boards Can Do
Donald R. McAdams
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Description for What School Boards Can Do
Paperback. Providing guidance to urban school board members committed to high achievement for all children, the author presents an approach to board leadership - reform governance. Taking into account the political arena of urban education, reform governance helps school board members understand why it is necessary to redesign urban districts. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
To provide essential guidance to urban school board members committed to high achievement for all children, Don McAdams presents a comprehensive approach to board leadership he calls reform governance. This accessible framework brings together all the work of an urban school board, including everything from big ideas about core beliefs and theories of action for change to the fundamental relationships and processes through which boards and superintendents work together and the leadership role boards have in building community support for sustained change. Taking into account the hot political arena of urban education, reform governance:
- Helps school board members understand why ... Read more
- Sets forth principles that boards can use as guides to action, and gives real-life examples of how they work.
- Shows how a strong board and superintendent team can work together to be agents for change.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807746486
SKU
V9780807746486
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99-50
About Donald R. McAdams
Donald R. McAdams is president of the Center for Reform of School Systems. He is the author of Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools…and Winning! Lessons from Houston.
Reviews for What School Boards Can Do
Based on rich experience and deep thought, this book offers a governance theory that is more than best practices on how effective boards work; it is also a guide to what boards should be doing. - From the Foreword by Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education ""Excellent...this book is a must read not only for urban school board members ... Read more