"School boards are fighting for their survival. Almost everything
that they do is subject to regulations handed down from city
councils, state boards of education, legislatures, and courts. As
recent mayoral and state takeovers in such cities as Baltimore,
Chicago, and New York make abundantly clear, school boards that do
not fulfill the expectations of other political players may be
stripped of what few independent powers they still retain. Teachers
unions exert growing influence over board decision-making
processes. And with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act,
the federal government has aggressively inserted itself into
matters of local education governance. B esieged is the first
full-length volume in many years to systematically examine the
politics that surround school boards. A group of highly renowned
scholars, relying on both careful case studies and quantitative
analyses, examine how school boards fare when they interact with
their political superiors, teachers unions, and the public. For the
most part, the picture that emerges is sobering: while school
boards perform certain administrative functions quite well, the
political pressures they face undermine their capacity to institute
the wide-ranging school reforms that many voters and local leaders
are currently demanding. "
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