The New York Charter School Performance Framework includes three benchmarks that spell out the board’s role in governance, required organizational capacity, and the need for mission alignment.

Centuries of fighting over racial justice, federalism, and taxation has left us a tangled web of K-12 governance. It’s time to start untangling.

Two California nonprofits are working to make school boards more effective, diverse, and inclusive, to counter the weaponization of cultural issues that often plagues school governance. The ...

Mayoral governance integrates school-district accountability and the electoral process at the systemwide level, and leads to school improvement and increased student achievement. While school ...

School district governance is one of the most misunderstood and underappreciated functions in education. Here are four areas boards need to know to be successful, according to retired executive ...

Before we get into tactics you can employ in your advocacy, take a moment to think through the levels of government that are involved in making decisions and policy regarding education. Many of the ...

Columbia, Missouri – The Council for School Safety Leadership (CSSL) is a new school-owned organization uniquely positioned to help pre-K through 12 school governance teams confidently lead ...

In the 2012-13 school year, the most common targets for categorical funds nationwide were special education programs, student transportation, interventions for low-performing students, school ...

The School Board Election Revolt Continues Challenges to union control of local school governance were often successful. By The Editorial Board Nov. 28, 2022 6:36 pm ET Share ...

The most important aspect of local control is the student and his/her support group. This has been recognized and supported in the past several decades by laws, policies and support groups aimed ...

Vermont Law School violated shared governance when it moved 14 of 19 total tenured professors to contingent appointments without faculty involvement or approval, according to a new investigative ...