The Future of School Board Governance

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 provide 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.

Thomas L. Alsbury is currently an assistant professor at North Carolina State University

Preface	p. vii
Foreword: Tracing School Board Governance and Research: From Democracy and Effectiveness (1975) to Effectiveness with Accountability in a "Flat World" (2007)	p. xv
History of School Board Governance Theory and Research
The Dissatisfaction Theory of American Democracy	p. 3
School Board Research: A Retrospective	p. 25
History of the Changing Roles of School Boards
The Evolving Role of School Boards: Retrospect and Prospect	p. 37
Leading in an Era of Change: The Micropolitics of Superintendent-Board Relations	p. 61
School Board-Superintendent and Authority Relations
Historical and Current Tensions among Board-Superintendent Teams: Symptoms or Cause?	p. 81
Systemic Leadership amidst Turbulence: Superintendent-School Board Relations under Pressure	p. 115
School Board Democratic Effectiveness
Money, Interest Groups, and School Board Elections	p. 137
Local School Foundations: Equity and the Future of School Funding	p. 155
A Descriptive Case Study of Discord and Dissent: The Story of a School Board's Act of Noncompliance to State and Federal Law	p. 167
School Board's Role in District/Systemic Reform
The Lighthouse Inquiry: Examining the Role of School Board Leadership in the Improvement of Student Achievement	p. 191
School Reform, Civic Engagement, and School Board Leadership	p. 225
Relevance: School Board Influence on Student Achievement
School Board Politics and Student Achievement	p. 247
School Boards and Raising Student Outcomes: Reflections (Confessions?) of a Former Urban School Board Member	p. 273
Revelation: School Board's Viability and Possible Future
Elected versus Appointed Boards	p. 295
Education Mayors and Big-City School Boards: New Directions, New Evidence	p. 319
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 357
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The Future of School Board Governance Relevancy and Revelation

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