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Feuerstein, Abe – Planning and Changing, 2009
Since the early 1980s, educational policy has increasingly been focused on improving student performance (Conley, 2003, Murphy, 1990). School governance in general, and school boards in particular, have often been viewed as either the means of implementing needed reforms or as roadblocks in their way (Boyd, 2003; Delagardelle, M.; 2008; Howell,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Ethics, Governance, Administrator Effectiveness
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Hoyle, John R.; Torres, Mario S., Jr. – Planning and Changing, 2008
In the report entitled "Educating School Leaders," Arthur Levine (2005) criticizes leadership preparation programs as "inadequate to appalling," citing, among other issues, the proliferation of off campus programming, the weakening of standards, and an unwillingness to engage in any measure of "systematic…
Descriptors: Correlation, Leadership Training, Educational Quality, Program Effectiveness
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Lutz, Frank W.; Garnon, Fred – Planning and Changing, 1979
Reports on a survey of Pennsylvania school districts to determine whether citizens want to be involved in educational governance, at what level of the educational structure citizens believe decision making should rest, and how citizens desire to be represented in the governing process. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Decision Making