Governance Resources
Superintendent Roosevelt Contract August 2009- August 2014
A+ Schools Testimony to Pittsburgh Public Schools Board, Monday, October 12, 2009
A+ Schools: 2009 School Board Voter Guide
Books
Chait, Robert, WP Ryan, BE Taylor, Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (John Wiley and Sons, 2005)
Weeks, Dudley, The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution (Tarcher, 2004)
Cameron, Kim S., Robert E. Quinn, Jeff DeGraff, and Anjan V. Thakor, Competing Values Leadership: Creating Value in Organizations (Edward Elgar 2006)
McAdams, Donald R, What School Boards Can Do: Reform Governance for Urban Schools, (Teachers College, Columbia University 2006)
Articles
- Big City Mayors' Control of Schools Yields Mixed Results (Education Week, Sept. 2002)
- Big City School Boards: Problems and Options (Center on Reinventing Public Education, Dec. 2002)
- Chartering: A New Approach for Mayors Seeking to Improve Public Schools (Education Commission of the States, May 2003)
- Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules (Education Commission of the States, Nov. 1999)
- Leadership for Student Learning: Restructuring School District Leadership (IEL, Feb. 2001)
- Leadership for Student Learning: Urban School Leadership - Different in Kind & Degree (IEL, Sept. 2001)
- Local School Boards Under Review: Their Role and Effectiveness in Relation to Students' Academic Achievement (Johns Hopkins University, Jan. 2002)
- Looking for Leaders - Urban districts find that the pool of qualified superintendents is shrinking (Stover, Dec. 2002)
- Mayoral Influence, New Regimes and Public School Governance (Kirst, 2002)
- San Diego's Big Boom: Bureaucracy Supports Culture of Learning (Stanford University, Jan. 2002)
- School Boards: Focus on Performance, not Money and Patronage (Hill, Jan. 2003)
- Strengthening Urban Boards - School boards must lead the way in reforming city schools (McAdams, Dec. 2002)
- Strengthening the Work of School Boards in Pennsylvania (The Education Policy and Leadership Center, March 2004)
- Taking Charge - Urban mayors are becoming more involved than ever in school governance. But are their efforts helping to improve education in their cities? (Cook, Dec. 2002)
- Thinking Differently: Recommendations for 21st Century School Board/Superintendent Leadership, Governance and Teamwork for High School Achievement (Goodman and Zimmerman, 2000)
Organizations & Links
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