Author:
Maeroff, Gene I.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.
Descriptionx, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
Note: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?
