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Welcome to the Frontier

Dec 19, 2018

The following article is excerpted from Chapter One of Doug Eadie's forthcoming book, Building a High-Impact Board-Superintendent Partnership: 13...

Turning Your Board Into a Cohesive Governing Team: Part 2

Jul 19, 2018

As I noted in last week’s post at this blog, turning school boards into really cohesive governing teams is no piece of cake, primarily because the...

Getting Your Board-Superintendent Retreat Right

Jul 2, 2018

Retreats have become a popular vehicle for involving school board members, their superintendents, and senior administrators in accomplishing...

“Policy Governance:” Another Insidious Foe of a Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership

Apr 9, 2018

I found presenting my “Building a Rock-Solid Board-Superintendent Partnership” workshop at NSBA’s annual conference in San Antonio on April 6...

King Richard III: A Case for Aggressive Image Building

Apr 2, 2018

And therefore since I cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures...

Involving Students in District Governance at Leyden High School District 212

Mar 3, 2018

Self-appointing nonprofit boards that fill their own seats (for example, chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, private colleges,...

Demonstrating Your Board Savvyness

Feb 9, 2018

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...