Research Library

The presentation was not intended as a historical review of the research literature on school boards, but rather as a reflection on the main themes from the 1975 symposium on school board research in order to further discussion on the impact of that research, and suggest themes for future research. [Conference presentation - Summary]

This chapter offers a review of the few studies offering empirical evidence showing a link between school boards and student performance. Findings include a connection between student test scores and politically motivated school board turnover particularly in smaller districts. [Abstract]

This descriptive case study highlights the problems created when a three-two majority alliance was formed on the five-member board of trustees of the Northville School District, a medium-sized (10,250 students), suburban/urban, elementary (PreK-8) school district in Southern California. The crisis began when the newly-formed three member Board Majority were presented with and then spurned a legal mandate to revise the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedure Policy (UCPP). This mandated revision would have assured compliance to new state and federal laws that granted “protected class status” to transgender and transsexual students. [Abstract]