The Columbus City School District was fortunate to have a dynamic, cohesive leadership team at the helm in the person of Board President Jennifer...
In his column in the January 1, 2021 issue of the New York Times, “We Just Saw How Minds Aren’t Changed,” David Brooks observes that our society's...
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
The following post - one of our all-time most popular - features the experience of the Virginia Beach City Schools in employing well-designed Board...
A superintendent called me recently, asking if I’d be interested in presenting a governance training workshop for her school board. She explained...
When I walked in Rich’s office for our weekly project review meeting, I found him slumped at his desk looking distraught. When I asked him what’d...
In my workshops for school board members, superintendents, and superintendent-aspirants – including the one I presented at the 2022 AASA National...
Over the course of my 35-plus years working with superintendents and their school boards, I’ve conducted hundreds of one-on-one interviews with...
As my recent video interview with Board President Barbara Kruse and Superintendent Marc Schaffer indicates,...
I’ve never come across a superintendent who wasn’t pretty much an expert in the art of annual budget preparation by the time she first takes the...
