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Abigail Potts; Joseph Hedger; Naomi Porter – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2024
While U.S. voters delivered a significant change in the 2024 federal elections, they opted for steady leadership at the state level. No state board of education shifted in partisan control, and only five seats saw a shift in political party out of 27 races that were contested in the general election. This policy update looks at the results of…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Elections, Trend Analysis, Policy Analysis
Ella Jordan Isaac – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Among the top reasons public school superintendents leave their positions is the poor relationships and conflicts with board members, and union representatives (Grissom & Mitani, 2016). The national average of superintendent tenure is less than four years resulting in K-12 leadership instability, at all levels of the school and district office…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Superintendents, Conflict Resolution, Tenure
Hedger, Joseph; Potts, Abigail – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2022
Politically charged education issues roiled the 2022 races for seats on state boards of education, yet none of the boards flipped partisan control. However, majority parties expanded their representation on boards in Colorado, Kansas, and Utah so far. Of the 63 seats on the ballot for 12 state boards, 35 incumbent candidates were reelected. This…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Elections, School Budget Elections, State Boards of Education
Kingsbury, Ian; Maranto, Robert; Karns, Nik – Urban Education, 2023
In response to concerns regarding school quality, state policy-makers reformed their charter school authorization processes to impose greater regulatory barriers to chartering. These barriers to market entry could impose substantial burdens for Black and Latino would-be charter operators, as well as independent operators, who may lack access to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, State Regulation, Educational Policy, Disproportionate Representation
Weiler, Spencer C.; Skousen, Jacob D.; Kopanke, Jason; Cornelius, Luke – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The issue of school safety is of paramount concern but what is lacking is clarity on the best course of action aimed at bolstering safety in public schools. We sought to answer the following research questions: What topics are addressed in school board policies related to arming employees? What outlying policy topics are addressed in school board…
Descriptors: School Safety, Violence, Weapons, School Districts
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
All school districts have children attending who have special dietary needs due to a disability or a food allergy or intolerance. In order for these children to attend school, their dietary needs must be addressed since they are unable to eat meals prepared for the general student population. There is federal legislation which provides guidance…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Christian, Alvin; Jacob, Brian; Singleton, John D. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic drew new attention to the role of school boards in the U.S. In this paper, we examine school districts' choices of learning modality -- whether and when to offer in-person, virtual, or hybrid instruction -- over the course of the 2020-21 pandemic school year. The analysis takes advantage of granular weekly data on learning…
Descriptors: School Districts, Pandemics, COVID-19, Decision Making
Purtell, Kelly M.; Valauri, Anne; Rhoad-Drogalis, Anna; Jiang, Hui; Justice, Laura M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Logan, Jessica A. R. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The entry into kindergarten is a key transition children experience and has lasting consequences for their academic development. In light of this, many schools have implemented transition practices designed to foster positive development for children during this time. This study uses qualitative interview data to examine the policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Student Adjustment, Child Development, Board of Education Policy
Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stéphane; Peskowitz, Zachary – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Political scientists have largely overlooked the democratic challenges inherent in the governance of U.S. public education--despite profound implications for educational delivery and, ultimately, social mobility and economic growth. In this study, we consider whether the interests of adult voters who elect school boards in each community are…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Education, Voting, Boards of Education
Bartanen, Brendan; Grissom, Jason A.; Joshi, Ela; Meredith, Marc – AERA Open, 2018
Elected representatives' place of residence can reveal information about their socioeconomic status, their likely social networks, and potential biases in the constituencies they represent. Using data on home addresses we collected from local elections offices, we investigate the geographic distribution of school board candidates', including…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, School Districts, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Information Systems
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2019
All school districts have children attending who have special dietary needs due to a disability or a food allergy or intolerance. In order for these children to attend school, their dietary needs must be addressed since they are unable to eat meals prepared for the general student population. There is federal legislation which provides guidance…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Dietetics, Students with Disabilities, Allergy
Lowery, Charles L.; Hess, Michael E.; Hartman, Sara L.; Kennedy, Christopher; Mazid, Imran – Education Leadership Review, 2018
This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to investigate the perceptions of school leaders about developing and maintaining school-university partnerships with a local regional university in rural school districts. The professional development school (PDS) model provides meaningful learning experiences for teacher candidates by providing…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Professional Development Schools, Principals
Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stéphane; Peskowitz, Zachary – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016
Public education has been transformed by the widespread adoption of accountability systems that involve the dissemination of school district performance information. Using data from Ohio, we examine if elections serve as one channel through which these accountability systems might lead to improvements in educational quality. We find little…
Descriptors: Elections, Accountability, Educational Quality, School Districts
Rosen, Brittany L.; Rhodes, Darson; Visker, Joseph; Cox, Carolyn; Banez, J. Christian; Lasser, Benjamin – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: School nurses and personnel play a vital role in promoting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with school nurses' and personnel's professional practice to provide parents with HPV vaccine information and to encourage parents to vaccinate their child against HPV. Methods:…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, School Nurses, School Personnel
Anderson, Lexi – Education Commission of the States, 2017
The increasing need for highly-skilled employees in the workplace has policymakers and higher education leaders focused on innovative ways for students to access postsecondary education. These access points can include online programs, prior learning assessments and, the subject of this snapshot, competency-based education. The National Center for…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Benefits, Postsecondary Education, Role of Education