School Board Members Should Be Trained! The How & Why with Education Reform Advocate and Author AJ Crabill

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In this episode, I focus on school boards and their effect on student achievement. What makes a school board effective?

Research over the past 20 years clearly links the beliefs, actions, and relationships of school board members with student outcomes. Scholars compared districts with similar levels of poverty and disadvantage to determine factors that separate high-performing districts from those with low performance and contrasted the school boards. School board members in high-performing districts have attitudes, knowledge and approaches that are vastly different from boards in low-achieving districts.
Here to discuss these effective attitudes, knowledge, and approaches for school board members to improve student outcomes, is education reform advocate and author AJ Crabill.

AJ is Conservator at DeSoto Independent School District and Governance Director at Council of the Great City Schools. He is also an author of the books, "Great on Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective," and the forthcoming companion workbook, "Effective School Boards Framework: A Practitioner's Manual For School Board Leaders Wanting to Improve Student Outcomes.
So here is the call to action: Become an active member in your community and support a school board focused on student success.

To learn more about AJ Crabill and his books, go to his website at https://www.ajcrabill.com.

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1. School Board Members Should Be Trained! The How & Why with Education Reform Advocate and Author AJ Crabill (00:00:00)

2. Role of School Board (00:01:45)

3. "Student Outcomes Don't Change Until Adult Behavior Changes" (00:03:10)

4. Common School Board Failures (00:04:36)

5. The Ivanhoe House Project (00:11:21)

6. Door-to-Door Involvement to Re-enroll Drop Outs (00:14:54)

7. Teacher University Embargo (00:19:33)

8. Peer-Led Restorative Discipline Model (00:24:39)

9. Upcoming Books and Advise (00:33:00)

10. Call to Action (00:35:13)