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The Resource School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy, Gene I. Maeroff

School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy, Gene I. Maeroff

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Summary
Local school boards in the United States spend almost $600 billion of the public's money and employ millions of Americans. They have a prime role, along with the home, in shaping the future for the country's young. Yet the more than 14,000 boards of education are obscure and most people have not the vaguest notion of how they operate and what impact they have. "School Boards in America" aims to provide a wide audience - educators and college students, board members, policymakers, parents and other taxpayers, and just about anyone interested in public affairs - with an inside view that will forever affect the ways in which they look at public schools and how they are governed
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 229 p.
Contents
  • Preface
  • A cradle of democracy
  • The school board's impact on student learning
  • Expenditures : huge and uneven
  • Jobs, jobs, jobs
  • A school board's key employee : the superintendent
  • Teachers : the heart of the enterprise
  • The mirage of local control
  • The special burden of special education
  • The inner workings of school boards
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly in the work of school boards
  • Accepting responsibility
  • Other ways to govern schools
  • Do school boards have a future?
Isbn
9780230109315
Instance
Label
School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy
Title
School boards in America
Title remainder
a flawed exercise in democracy
Statement of responsibility
Gene I. Maeroff
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Local school boards in the United States spend almost $600 billion of the public's money and employ millions of Americans. They have a prime role, along with the home, in shaping the future for the country's young. Yet the more than 14,000 boards of education are obscure and most people have not the vaguest notion of how they operate and what impact they have. "School Boards in America" aims to provide a wide audience - educators and college students, board members, policymakers, parents and other taxpayers, and just about anyone interested in public affairs - with an inside view that will forever affect the ways in which they look at public schools and how they are governed
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Maeroff, Gene I
Index
index present
LC call number
LB2831
LC item number
.M235 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • School boards
  • School boards
  • Public schools
  • School board-superintendent relationships
  • Education and state
  • Conseils scolaires
  • Conseils scolaires
  • Écoles publiques
  • Relations conseils scolaires-directeurs régionaux de l'enseignement
  • Éducation
  • Demokratie
  • Öffentliche Schule
  • Schulamt
  • Schulpolitik
  • USA
Label
School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy, Gene I. Maeroff
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Preface -- A cradle of democracy -- The school board's impact on student learning -- Expenditures : huge and uneven -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- A school board's key employee : the superintendent -- Teachers : the heart of the enterprise -- The mirage of local control -- The special burden of special education -- The inner workings of school boards -- The good, the bad, and the ugly in the work of school boards -- Accepting responsibility -- Other ways to govern schools -- Do school boards have a future?
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 229 p.
Isbn
9780230109315
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2010019400
System control number
  • (OCoLC)609540996
  • (OCoLC)ocn609540996
Label
School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy, Gene I. Maeroff
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Preface -- A cradle of democracy -- The school board's impact on student learning -- Expenditures : huge and uneven -- Jobs, jobs, jobs -- A school board's key employee : the superintendent -- Teachers : the heart of the enterprise -- The mirage of local control -- The special burden of special education -- The inner workings of school boards -- The good, the bad, and the ugly in the work of school boards -- Accepting responsibility -- Other ways to govern schools -- Do school boards have a future?
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 229 p.
Isbn
9780230109315
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2010019400
System control number
  • (OCoLC)609540996
  • (OCoLC)ocn609540996

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