What School Leaders Are Reading

In this installment of “What School Leaders are Reading,” we highlight articles from state school board associations and other education community publications. Stories include some rules for great board governance, how one superintendent in Wisconsin led his district’s comeback from the verge of dissolution, an academic look at the power of teaching, and a former superintendent’s viewpoint on dissension at school board meetings.  

10 Laws of Great Board Governance 
David E. Lee, Journal (Tennessee School Boards Association), April 2022 

All In 
Dan Linehan, Wisconsin School News, May 2022  

Possible Futures: Coming to Terms with the Power of Teaching 
Deborah Ball, Phi Delta Kappan, April 2022 

Divided Boards and Dissension 
Howard C. Carlson, School Administrator, AASA (The School Superintendents Association), February 2022