The Essential School Board Book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country--boards that are working successful

Veteran school board member Richard E. Mayer's humorous approach to administrator-board relations presents negative behavior scenarios and analyses, offers alte

This book brings together and compares the teacher education policies and practices of eight high-achieving countries to consider what creates high-quality teac

Argues that the education system in America needs to make drastic changes in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that protects every

Improving School Board Effectiveness offers a clarifying and essential look at the evolving role of school boards and how they contribute to efforts to improve