From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Regional Entities - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--School Boards--Training - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Governance--Mandates - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Governors Taking Larger Role in Education PDF - The past year has seen a variety of proposed legislation or gubernatorial actions to give governors a greater role in education policymaking. This paper contains a summary of completed or proposed action in this vein, followed by a discussion on the political and education policy impacts such changes may have. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, April 2011)...

State Education Governance Models PDF - This ECS StateNote describes four state education governance models that 40 states use, and provides notes about the states and territories whose governance models do not conform to any of the four models. (Mary Fulton, Education Commission of the States, Updated January 2011)...

P-20 Governance PDF - This StateNote identifies states in which K-12 and postsecondary governance has been fully or partially consolidated in a single entity. The report also identifies where early learning falls under the purview of an entity that administers both K-12 and higher education. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, January 2011)...

State Education Governance - View ECS Chief of Staff Kathy Christie's presentation on the different models of state education governance. The presentation was initially made to the Nevada Legislative Commission’s Committee to Study Governance and Oversight.) Kathy Christie, Education Commission of the States, January 2010)...

From the ECS State Policy Database: Urban--Governance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Focus on Governance in K-12 Education: Local-Level Models - America has roughly 15,000 local boards of education, with nearly 95,000 school board members. Although education governance structures differ from state to state, local education leaders ­ local boards and board members ­ shape the vision of local school systems by managing the implementation of education standards, as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of school system operations. This paper provides a snapshot of what local-level K-12 governance looks like in Southern Regional Education Board states. (Asenith Dixon, Southern Regional Education Board, February 2009)...

Focus on Governance in K-12 Education: State-Level Models - In elementary and secondary education governance, the need to build an effective system of public education is the driving force behind the selection of a state's key education leaders. This paper provides a snapshot of what state-level K-12 governance looks like in the Southern Regional Education Board states. (Asenith Dixon, Southern Regional Education Board, October 2008)...