 Inside the Board Room: Reflections of a Former School Board Memberreviewed by Richard Sorenson - December 07, 2006  Title: Inside the Board Room: Reflections of a Former School Board Member Author(s): Howard Good Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham ISBN: 1578864534 , Pages: 88, Year: 2006 Search for book at Amazon.com Vigilant board members personally visit schools and central offices on a regular basis, cultivate a wide range of information sources, actively participate in local and state education committees, build support for their own goals and objectives, and provide a check for and challenge the superintendent. (Lunenburg & Ornstein, 2004, p. 352) Inside the Board Room: Reflections of a Former School Board Member by Howard Good is an easy-to-read sequel to his first book, Educated Guess: A School Board Member Reflects. This hodge-podge compilation of philosophical essays, often in the form of cynical analyses about a series of educational topics, begins with the issue of school reform. Good readily notes, probably to the dismay of many educational reformers, that school improvement has been nothing more than “one continuous cautionary tale about the futility of searching for quick fixes to complex problems” (p. 8). Good’s rather basic (consider the four limited references in... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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