Yes, Boards Are under Fire, but Reports of Your Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.

Reecer, Marcia

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ERIC Number: EJ385327

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Publication Date: 1989

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Yes, Boards Are under Fire, but Reports of Your Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.

Reecer, Marcia

American School Board Journal, v176 n3 p31-34 Mar 1989

State takeovers, revolutions in school governance, and attacks on school boards are uncommon but not irrelevant. Summarizes comments from school board watchers about how boards must be reassessed if they are to meet challenges such as school system size, school choice, and board member qualifications. (MLF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Politics of Education, Public Schools, School Choice, School Size, State School District Relationship

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Language: English

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