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What School Boards Can Do: Reform Governance for Urban Schools
To provide essential guidance to urban school board members committed to high achievement for all children, Don McAdams presents a comprehensive approach to board leadership he calls reform governance. This accessible framework brings together all the work of an urban school board, including everything from big ideas about core beliefs and theories of action for change to the fundamental relationships and processes through which boards and superintendents work together and the leadership role boards have in building community support for sustained change. Taking into account the hot political arena of urban education, reform
192 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2006
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March 5, 2018
This book is written for someone who is intimately familiar with education, perhaps with a degree in education. I am merely a parent who is informed. I also serve on the Board of Directors for a Charter School (not for profit). This book was very difficult to read and digest, despite my experience.
The good is that I appreciated Chapters 5 and 6. Fortunately, this was information I already knew and feel that my BODs understand.
The bad is that the rest of the book is a lot of jargon, a lot of big ideas, and very little specifics on the HOW. There were stats and examples of what to do and what not to do. There was the why. But I was looking for the HOW. I didn't find it. If it was there, it was over my head.
I also don't agree with the initial premise of "reform board" and the choice a board must make in order to become a reform board. It seemed that the choice was solely based on test performance. The author seems to like NCLB and doesn't like Charter Schools; I disagree with the author.
This was not the book I was seeking for reform. I'll need to look elsewhere.
The good is that I appreciated Chapters 5 and 6. Fortunately, this was information I already knew and feel that my BODs understand.
The bad is that the rest of the book is a lot of jargon, a lot of big ideas, and very little specifics on the HOW. There were stats and examples of what to do and what not to do. There was the why. But I was looking for the HOW. I didn't find it. If it was there, it was over my head.
I also don't agree with the initial premise of "reform board" and the choice a board must make in order to become a reform board. It seemed that the choice was solely based on test performance. The author seems to like NCLB and doesn't like Charter Schools; I disagree with the author.
This was not the book I was seeking for reform. I'll need to look elsewhere.
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