Local school board, epitome of representative U.S. governance, is undergoing profound changes as to vision, focus, service approach, and structure. Local school boards can spark development of educational programs to prepare youngsters for increasingly competitive, technological, and dangerous world. To achieve needed reforms requires federal and…

Collective negotiations in education have become the subject of legislative proposals at Federal, State, and local levels. Congress is currently considering the NEA-proposed statute, "Professional Negotiation Act for Public Education, 1969," which would regulate employment relationships between boards of education and their professional personnel.…

School boards epitomize the U.S. tradition of representative local government. A 1992 National School Boards Association statement recognizes four major school board functions: envisioning a community's future educational program, establishing facilitative organizational structures and community environments, ensuring performance assessment…