This research replicated earlier research done in nonpartisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on nonvoluntary superintendent turnover. (Author)

Reports the findings of nearly two years of close observation of a superintendent who managed to survive board and community conflict. Draws generalizations about how superintendents can survive. (Author/JM)

This speech presents the results of a study that examined whether a phenomenon previously observed in nonpartisan school board elections is also true of partisan school board elections. Previous studies had shown that school board incumbent defeat in nonpartisan elections is related to involuntary superintendent turnover. The study investigated…

This paper examines some of the factors involved in the dissatisfaction theory of local school governance. This theory holds that change in school board policy comes about through voter dissatisfaction expressed at the polls, since there is no other way for citizens to express their desires. School board "culture" dictates that the board…

As Texas public schools undertake their third year of implementing site-based decision making (SBDM), it becomes increasingly important to examine the extent to which SBDM has achieved its purported goals. This paper examined how Texas public school districts might effect mandated governance changes through the political phenomenon known as…