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Question #15 – Do Your Goals Focus on Students? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “School systems exist for one reason and one reason only: to improve student outcomes. [They] do not exist to have great Read More …
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Question #14 – Does Your Board Set Goals for the District? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “First, nonnegotiable district goals should be established for student achievement and for effective instruction, which Read More …
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Question #13 – Does Your Board Give Voice to the Community’s Vision for the Future? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are Read More …
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Question #12 – Does Your Board Serve as a Strategic Voice for Your Community? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) Scenario: Bianca and Sal lingered in the Balboa School District parking lot after a meeting in which next year’s c Read More …
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Coming Soon: Questions 12-22 (Strategic Voice) (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) Over the course of the next several months, questions 12 thru 22 will explore the board’s responsibility to provide a Read More …
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Another look at Questions #7-11 of “49 Questions to Ask Your School Board” Strategic approach as a prerequisite for board readiness To be ready to exercise governance responsibilities on behalf of its community a board must take a Read More …
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Another look at Questions #2-6 of "49 Questions to Ask Your School Board" Governance mindset as a prerequisite for board readiness A governance mindset is one necessary component of board readiness, the other being a governance Read More …
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Questions 1-11 of "49 Questions to Ask Your School Board" At this point, having reviewed the first 11 questions (the total number will be 49) and having considered at least a partial answer to each, let’s observe their Read More …
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Question #11 – Does Your Board Take a Strategic Approach to Meetings? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “The school board meeting is the community’s window to the school system. The public often will assume schools are run t Read More …
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"Skills for an Effective School Board Member" Article in the American School Board JournalThis article, published in the October issue of the American School Board Journal, is the second of a series of articles about the knowledge, the skills, and t Read More …
Rick Maloney commented on the post, Question #10 – Does Your Board Take a Strategic Approach to Policy? 3 months ago

You and I agree that outcomes should be the primary (but not the only) emphasis of school boards. Process is important as long as the board does not go down the rabbit-hole of pursuing a never-ending list of […]
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Question #10 – Does Your Board Take a Strategic Approach to Policy? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “Boards should avoid spending time on routine operating policies, but they should be deeply involved in the development Read More …
Rick Maloney commented on the post, Question #9 – Does Your Board ‘Act’ in a Systematic Way? 3 months, 2 weeks ago

You miss the main point of this post, which is to act in a systematic way. The board takes a systematic approach that balances the need for freedom in superintendent decision-making by applying consistent […]
Rick Maloney commented on the post, Question #9 – Does Your Board ‘Act’ in a Systematic Way? 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Will do, insofar as the board’s governance practices are concerned. We do not decide professional educator practices or management practices, but focus our attention on student outcomes. We provide pressure and […]
Rick Maloney commented on the post, Question #9 – Does Your Board ‘Act’ in a Systematic Way? 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bill, boards do impact student learning. They can do so positively or negatively. Ours has focused systematically on the steps described in this blog post for the past 21 years, and our results have been […]
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Question #9 – Does Your Board ‘Act’ in a Systematic Way? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) Scenario: After annual student test score release the board received staff reports and listened to community feedback, Read More …
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Question #8 – Does Your Board ‘See’ With a Systems Perspective? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) Governing with a systems perspective means understanding not only that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, Read More …
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Question #7 – Does Your Board Take a Strategic Approach? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “Boards are powerful. They select; evaluate; and, if they choose, terminate superintendents. They set goals, allocate Read More …
Rick Maloney commented on the post, Question #6 – Does Your Board Have the Work Ethic Needed for Growth? 5 months ago

There is no doubt that governance by itself cannot fix the lack of professionalism. Governance can, however, incorporate values that promote and sustain professionalism in the board role: superintendent hiring, […]
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Question #6 – Does Your Board Have the Work Ethic Needed for Growth? (49 Questions to Ask Your Board) “On the most basic level, members have to keep up with continually changing state and federal mandates and laws, Read More …
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