Reclaiming local control through superintendents, school boards, and community activism

• Main Authors: Mountford, Meredith (Author), Wallace, Leigh (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022.
• Series: Research on the superintendency ; volume 2
• Subjects: School superintendents.; School board-superintendent relationships.; Community and school.; Community activists.; Local government.; Education > Administration > School Superintendents & Principals.; Educational administration and organization.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806602643
• DOI: 10.1108/979-8-88730-005-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (194 pages)

"In 1987, Jacqueline Danzberger described school boards as the forgotten players. However, things have changed drastically for school boards over the past few years. No longer are school boards the forgotten players in school governance. Instead, school boards often find themselves in the cente...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Losing local control: School boards as guardians of democracy / Meredith Mountford and Leigh Ellen Wallace
• Chapter 1. A history of local control and the fight to reclaim it through the superintendency / Brian Boggs and Amanda Miller
• Chapter 2. The tension between pragmatism and idealism: Understanding urban superintendents' efforts to advocate for equity / James Coviello
• Chapter 3. Governance challenges & micropolitics of the rural superintendency / James D. Laub and David M. Aslin
• Chapter 4. Kentucky superintendents and their school boards: Evolving context, expectations, and relationships / Victoria Sherif and Beth Rous
• Chapter 5. The relationship of superintendent work, board relations, and AI? regulatory environment on superintendent health and stress / Charol Shakeshaft and Kerry Robinson
• Chapter 6. Superintendent perspectives on effectiveness as measured by state standards / Nicole V. Williams, John C. Gillham, Jon Brasfield, and Jason Robinson
• Chapter 7. An analysis of the relationship between superintendent turnover and district performance / Dick M. Carpenter II
• Chapter 8. Illinois school superintendents: Moral purpose in leadership of nontraditional teacher pay / Nathan S. Schilling
• Chapter 9. A real unicorn: The black female superintendent / Detra D. Johnson and Victoria Thomas
• Chapter 10. Efforts to prevent mass shootings in schools: The practice, the costs, and superintendents' experiences with arming school personnel / Jacob D. Skousen and Spencer C. Weiler
• Biographies.