Great On Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective av Airick Journey Crabill

<p>School systems nationwide are struggling to excel as they lurch from crisis to crisis-teacher shortages, school shootings, high turnover rates, weak discipline systems, and more. These things can pull the focus of school boards away from why school systems exist: to educate students. <br><br>Airick Journey Crabill has a track record of helping school systems improve student literacy, numeracy, and career and college readiness rates while simultaneously strengthening the school''s financial and operational standing. <i>Great on Their Behalf</i> is your practical guide to igniting the transformation of your school board and enabling it to create the conditions for improving what students know and can do.<br><br>Step by step, the exercises in this book inspire board members to adopt a student-outcomes-focused mindset as they reevaluate their impact on those they serve. It challenges them to explore effective ways to focus on what students need.<br><br>Then it provides the necessary knowledge and skills for school boards to empower their students for success.</p>