Provides a systematic model for evaluating school boards that should be adaptable to many school systems. (WD)

Outlines the steps involved in running for the board--planning, campaigning, identifying the voters, using resources, and raising money--and offers advice about each step. (IRT)

Offers advice to boards that are taken aback by the actions of newly hired superintendents. The advice ranges from giving the superintendent room to work to going public with the board's grievances. (IRT)

Discusses school board policies concerning teachers' employment outside the schools. (IRT)

Provides eight questions school board members can ask themselves in order to evaluate their service. Answers to the questions present guidelines on how to improve one's service. (Author/IRT)

Superintendents explain methods they have used to introduce new school board members to the nature of the office they hold. (IRT)

Effective board meetings result from planning what is to happen before the meeting, during the meeting, and the steps to be taken after the meeting. (Author)

This paper presents guidelines designed to provide assistance to school districts, county offices of education, and other educational agencies in carrying out the requirements of California law S.B. 179. The law was passed in 1977 by the State's legislature and required each public education agency to develop and implement an affirmative action…

Local school boards bear the responsibility for goal-setting, policy-making, hiring, firing, construction, curriculum, and budget allocations. Competent boards need to become and remain informed about emerging, continuing, and future issues. School boards are turning to annual inservice programs to improve their decision-making skills. A sample…

The principles of sound governance and administration of independent schools are discussed in this handbook for private school trustees. The nature and responsibilities of school boards are presented, along with a description of the functions of various types of board committees. A chapter on the duties of school board members provides orientation…

This publication, a resource for board of education presidents in the State of New Jersey, covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the board president's duties. Separate sections are devoted to the following: (1) the code of ethics for New Jersey board members; (2) statutory responsibilities of a board of education president; (3) an opinion…

The 1996 session of the North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation, The School-Based Management and Accountability Program (the ABCs plan), an educational reform initiative designed to improve student performance. The accountability model for the public schools in kindergarten through eighth grade is designed to provide focus on the basic…

This article examines the trend to eliminate school boards and place school districts under local or state government control. It outlines general problems that may lead to legal actions against school districts and suggests activities for integrating public viewpoints into school governance. (LMI)

A democracy must tolerate many points of view without becoming divided. Therefore, public educators and the communities they serve are challenged to help students understand political and religious issues without proselytizing. This handbook provides guidelines for beginning the journey toward common ground, for moving from a climate of antagonism…

Although some board members and superintendents may consider superintendent evaluation as potentially disturbing for their working relationships, such evaluations may become more appealing when considered as part of a broader system of school governance and management. What is needed is a performance appraisal system developed jointly by…