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Direct linkMcNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2008
The new class of governors, state legislators, and chief state school officers elected last week will face formidable challenges in dealing with the squeeze the nation's sagging economy--and ballooning state budget deficits--is putting on K-12 education. In the November 4 elections, Democrats added one more governor's office--in Missouri--to their…
Descriptors: Elections, State Government, State Officials, Legislators
Siegel, Kyrie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among New York State school board member attitudes toward components of school board governance and their sense of effectiveness in high and low math academic achievement districts in New York State. The study examined board members' perceptions of their actual practices in policy…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, State Schools, Academic Achievement, Money Management
Mitgang, Lee – Wallace Foundation, 2013
An effective school requires an effective leader, but great principals rarely just happen. They are cultivated. This Wallace Perspective draws on a decade of foundation research and work in school leadership to show how urban school districts can play a major role in ensuring they have principals who can boost teaching and learning in troubled…
Descriptors: Principals, Urban Schools, Administrator Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness
Ryan, C. Allan – Amer Sch Board J, 1970
In Williamsville, New York a busing proposal resulted in referenda and widespread harassment of board members. (RA)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Bus Transportation, Democracy
Hess, Frederick M. – American Journal of Education, 2008
Replacing boards of education conceived during the Progressive Era with mayoral control has been a popular reform strategy in urban districts such as Boston, Chicago, and New York City. A thorough review of the extant research, however, shows little evidence regarding its impact on governance, management, school organization, or teaching and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Governance, Public Officials, Educational Change
Peterkin, Robert; Jewell-Sherman, Deborah; Kelley, Laura; Boozer, Leslie – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This book demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about the public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Equal Education
Cantor, Martin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the adequacy of education financing in three regions of New York State by comparing the cost of per-pupil education in high schools that meet the No Child Left Behind standard of 90 percent graduation rate and those high schools with 80 percent or less graduation rate in 18 counties of New York State. Also examined were the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Poverty, Graduation Rate
Download full textBRICKELL, HENRY M.; MCCARTY, DONALD J. – 1966
THIS PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF SPEECHES BY DR. DONALD J. MCCARTY, OF CORNELL, AND DR. HENRY M. BRICKELL, OF MANHASSET, NEW YORK, ON SCHOOL BOARD-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WRITTEN SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES. DR. MCCARTY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND DESCRIBES HOW A WORKING…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1988
The conduct of public education in New York State is a collaborative enterprise involving the Governor and Legislature, the Regents and the Commissioner of Education, and local boards of education. Although a decentralized system has given limited ability to the State Education Department, Legislature, and Governor to direct the use of funds or to…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Educational Finance
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1988
For effective schools, leadership is vital. As the structure of American education evolved, a model of how a local school board should function emerged. The model is briefly summarized and research on educational leadership, challenges of school board service in New York State, and responsibilities of school boards are discussed. Key leadership…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1988
Textbooks have come under a barrage of criticism ranging from overall textbook quality to changing costs. Litigation in the federal courts has challenged textbook content. New York State school boards need to examine the issues in the textbook problem. This paper explains New York State's textbook selection process, which is based on local…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Textbook Content
Peer reviewedBlack, Theodore M. – Educational Leadership, 1976
Discusses the political aspects of educational policy formation and describes the governance of public education in the state of New York. (JG)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Educational Policy, Governance, Governing Boards
Mitchell, Stephen M.; Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Because research on job characteristics as predictors of turnover is of debatable relevance to the study of school board turnover, the research reported here examines the impact of variables capable of capturing the political context. In a survey including data from 263 board members from 83 school districts in New York State, the dependent…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Poster, John B. – 1977
Decentralized control of New York City elementary and junior high schools was instituted in 1969. Subsequent financial crises in the city transferred governance functions from school officials to the Emergency Financial Control Board. A comparison of school board members in poor city districts, middle-class city districts, and suburban districts…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Rubenstein, Stanley E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Conflict
