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THE ESSENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD BOOK
BETTER GOVERNANCE IN THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY |
| By: |
Nancy Walser, Richard F Elmore (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£47.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1934742333 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781934742334 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2009 |
| Description: |
An effective school board that works with school leaders and its community is better prepared to promote learning objectives and improve teaching. This book examines habits of these high-functioning boards and their varied methods of attaining success. |
| Synopsis: |
The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning. Amid today s heightened attention on student achievement, school boards find their responsibilities intensified and transformed. In this age of accountability, all school boards need to consider how best to maintain a focus on student achievement and promote it through district and school policies. In a highly readable and accessible fashion, the book summarizes research linking school board practices to student achievement. It features stories of sixteen diverse boards around the country elected and appointed; rural, urban, and suburban and the policies and procedures they have employed to enhance student achievement. Also included is a resource section for those investigating successful school board policies and practices in more depth." |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard Educational Publishing Group |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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