Document Number: 4126

The Roles and Responsibilities of School Boards and Superintendents - A State Policy Framework PDF - According to recent surveys, local leaders feel particularly hampered by (1) confusion over the appropriate roles of school boards, (2) superintendents and district politics and bureaucracies, and (3) increasing state and federal regulation of public schools. This report, which is based on several recent national and state-level studies, is intended to be a starting point for discussion among state and local leaders as they examine the roles of school boards and superintendents in an era of mounting demand for increased student achievement. (Todd Ziebarth, Education Commission of the States, September 2002)...
Author: Todd Ziebarth
Publication: ECS
Publisher: ECS


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