Governance

Streamlining the operations of schools and school districts. (Breaking Ranks)

According to Breaking Ranks, "enlightened governance is indispensable to reforming education. [School districts] must develop within each high school the capacity to support the very difficult work of school-level change." Principals are key players both in the formation of these new governance structures and in their functioning at the school level. These resources are designed to help.

Pathways to School Improvement. From NCREL, this comprehensive school-reform resource offers guidance in shared governance and leading in a collaboratively managed school.

Governance. A great asset from Teach-nology, this portal site links you to dozens of useful resources for school governance as well as dozens of other leadership issues.

School Management. This ERIC Clearinghouse at the University of Oregon contains hundreds of resources on every aspect of school leadership and governance. Use their searchable data base to find exactly what you are looking for.