Making the Grade – Examining the Role of the Board in Improving Student Achievement

Traditional views in education suggest that teachers and administrators play a key role in influencing student achievement, while school boards concern themselves with budgets, policy, and personnel matters—issues with only a peripheral impact on the education process. To improve academic achievement, all of a district’s resources must be aligned behind the instructional effort—and the school board is a powerful influence in creating that alignment.

Join Ed Massey, Board Member from Boone County Schools, KY as he shares successful strategies that help influence the practices and behavior of the board, leading to more effective boardsmanship and higher student achievement.

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