David Brooks’ column in the January 1 issue of the New York Times, “We Just Saw How Minds Aren’t Changed,” reminded me of a superintendent coaching...
Training a Weak Tool for Boosting Board Performance
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K-12 governance
Recruiting a Really Board-Savvy Superintendent
Experience has taught me – and I’m sure many if not most of this blog’s readers – that the more board-savvy its superintendent, the more effective a...
The Lynchpins of a High-Performing Board Committee Structure
While preparing for a four-hour Zoom work session later this week with the superintendent and cabinet of a large Midwestern school district,...
Welcome to the Frontier!
I opened the video webinar I recently presented for the board and superintendent of a Northern Virginia school division by observing that K-12...
Implementing is a Far Cry From Authorizing in the K-12 Governance Business
One of the more egregious errors I made early in my career as a K-12 governance consultant and coach was allowing myself to be pressured into...
Kick Off 2020 By Updating Your Superintendent Governance Strategy
Preparing for a recent superintendent coaching session, I fine-tuned the process that I’d developed several years ago for updating the...
Southern Fairfield County (CT) Superintendents Explore the Governance Frontier at Their High-Impact Governing Work Session
The daylong “High-Impact Governing Work Session” hosted by the Southern Fairfield County Superintendents Association on October 26 opened with a...
Dueling Boards: a Cautionary True Story
The tension in the conference room was palpable, as the superintendent and her board president at one end of the table glared at the educational...
“Policy Governance:” Another Insidious Foe of a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership
I found presenting my “Building a Rock-Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership” workshop at NSBA’s annual conference in San Antonio on April 6...
Involving Students in District Governance at Leyden High School District 212
Self-appointing nonprofit boards that fill their own seats (for example, chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, private colleges,...