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Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy

Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy


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How school boards are uniquely positioned to strengthen our public education system and our democracy. How school boards are uniquely positioned to strengthen our public education system and our democracy. In Virginia, a contentious school board meeting led to an arrest and trespassing summons. In Utah, eleven people were charged with disorderly conduct after a board meeting turned chaotic. Not long ago, school boards conducted mundane district business. Understudied and underreported, they were an afterthought of centrally driven education reform efforts. Now, across blue, purple, and red states, school boards have become the epicenter of heated debates, reflecting society's deep divisions. In Why School Boards Matter, Scott Levy challenges conventional wisdom by reminding us of the essential role school boards play. While battles in the boardroom may be uncomfortable, they exemplify how passionate Americans are about education. As policymakers debate the federal government's role in K-12 and states pursue sharply divergent policies, Levy offers a roadmap that empowers school boards to tackle intractable public education challenges, including initiative fatigue, district climate, and accountability. School boards are where theory meets practice, where federal and state requirements converge with local policies, and where constituents can advocate for important issues affecting our children today. Every K-12 stakeholder-administrators, teachers, parents, and students alike-has a vested interest in understanding how school boards shape education.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface Introduction Part I: Battles in the Boardroom 1 Echoes of the Past 2 Erosion of Trust 3 The Fishbowl 4 Blurry Lines 5 Searching for a Ceasefire Part II: The Case for School Boards 6 From Wall Street to a School Board Seat 7 Initiative Fatigue 8 District Climate 9 Engagement with the Community 10 Accountability 11 Short-Termism Part III: Our Shared Responsibility 12 Strengthening School Boards 13 Beyond Education Acknowledgments Notes Index

About the Author :
Scott Levy is Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has been elected four times to a local public school board in Westchester County, NY, and has served as president of a regional school boards association. He has also served as chairman of a children's hospital and Executive Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. He spent two decades as an investment banker advising corporate boards and senior executives.

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"Thoughtful, earnest, well-researched… Levy offers a dozen worthy suggestions for improving the functioning as well as the span of control of local school boards: curbing state and federal interference, recruiting stronger candidates to run, providing better training for those who win, improving relations with the superintendent, and much more." —Education Next


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780262552721
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0262552728
  • Publisher Date: 09 Sep 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy


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