Recommended Reading

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
-Sir Francis Bacon

  • Essentials of School Board Service: A Guide to Surviving Your First Year, New York State School Boards Association, June 2005.
  • The Key Work of School Boards Guidebook, National School Boards Association, 2000.
  • Team Leadership for Student Achievement, National School Boards Association and American Association of School Administrators, 2001.
  • Leading Change: The Case for Continuous Improvement, National School Boards Association, 2004.
  • Aligning Resources for Student Achievement, National School Boards Association, 2002.
  • School Law, 31st Edition, New York State School Boards Association and New York State Bar Association, 2006.
  • The Sunshine Laws, 2nd Edition, New York State School Boards Association, 2001.
  • Leaving No Child Behind in New York: A School Board Member's Guide to Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act, 2nd Edition, New York State School Boards Association, 2003.
  • Fiscal Fitness: A Guide to Monitoring Your District's Budget, New York State Education Department (produced and distributed by New York State School Boards Association), February, 2004.
  • The Educated Student: Defining and Advancing Student Achievement, National School Boards Association, 2002.
  • Becoming a Better Board Member, National School Boards Association, 2006..

Periodicals

  • On Board (21 issues/year) A NYSSBA award-winning publication providing the latest information on school governance in New York State . This must-read publication for the state's education leaders is included in your membership dues.
  • Forecast (quarterly) A NYSSBA publication dealing with emerging issues and trends in education. Keep abreast with this important journal, included in your membership dues.
  • American School Board Journal, National School Boards Association, (monthly journal)
  • The School Administrator, American Association of School Administrators, (monthly journal)
  • Robert's Rules, Improving Board Performance, and Measuring Student Achievement

Robert's Rules in Plain English, Zimmerman, Doris P., Harper Perennial, 1997.

Danielson, Charlotte, Enhancing Student Achievement: A Framework for School Improvement; Corwin Press, 2002.

Goodman, Richard H.; Fulbright, Luann; Zimmerman, William G. Getting There from Here/School Board Superintendent Collaboration: Creating a School Governance Team Capable of Raising Student Achievement, Educational Research Service, 1997.

Make a Difference on School Boards, The Public Policy Institute, 2003.

Smoley, Eugene. Effective School Boards: Strategies for Improving Board Performance, Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Tucker, Marc S.; Codding, Judy B., Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them, Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Avery, Christopher M.; Aaron Walker, Meri; and O'Toole, Erin.  Teamwork Is an Individual Skill:  Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001.

Leadership and Change
Bennis, Warren. On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic: Updated and Expanded, Perseus Publishing, 2003; Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, Perseus Publishing, 1997.

Carver, John. John Carver on Board Leadership, Jossey-Bass, 2002; Reinventing Your Board: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance, Jossey-Bass, 1997; Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations, Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Covey, Stephen. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, Simon and Schuster, 2004; The 8 th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness; Free Press, 2004; Principle Centered Leadership, Fireside, 1992.

Darling-Hammond, Linda. The Right to Know: A Blueprint for Creating Schools That Work, Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Deal, Terrence. Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice & Leadership, Jossey-Bass, 1997; The Leadership

Paradox; Jossey-Bass, 1999; Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership, Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Evans, Robert. The Human Side of Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation, Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Feigenbaum, Todd. Leadership for the Schools We Need: A Handbook for Business People Who Want to

Fullan, Michael. Leading in a Culture of Change, Jossey-Bass, 2001; Change Forces: Probing the Depths

Education Reform, Fulmer Press, 1993; Change Forces- The Sequel: The Meaning of Educational Change, Teachers College Press, 2001.

Gardner, John. Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too? W.W. Norton and Company, 1995, On Leadership, Free Press, 1990.

Glasser, William. The Quality School, Harper Collins, 1998.

Goleman, Daniel. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2004.

Good, Howard. Educated Guess: A School Board Member Reflects; Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003.

Halpern, Belle Linda; Lubar, Kathy. Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire, Gotham Books, 2003.

Hesselbein, Frances; Cohen, Paul M. Leader to Leader: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Drucker Foundation's Award Winning Journal, 1999.

Kotter, John. Leading Change, Courier Companies, 1996.

Kouzes, James; Posner, Barry. The Leadership Challenge, Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Lambert, Linda; Harris, Alma . Building Leadership Capacity for School Improvement, Open University Press, 2003.

Maxwell, John C. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Maxwell Motivation Inc., 1998.

Schlechty, Phillip. Shaking Up the Schoolhouse: How to Support and Sustain Educational Innovation, Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Doubleday, 1990;

The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations, Doubleday, 1994;

Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society, Doubleday, 1991.

Senge, Peter; Peter F. Drucker. Leading in a Time of Change: What Will It Take to Lead Tomorrow, Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Sergiovanni, Thomas. Leadership for the Schoolhouse, Jossey-Bass, 2001;Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement, Jossey-Bass, 1999; Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools, Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Sizer, Theodore. The Red Pencil: Convictions from Experience in Education, R.R. Donnelly & Sons, 2004;

Horace's Compromise, Houghton Mifflin, 1992; Horace's Hope: What Works for the American High School, Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

Gladwell, Malcolm.  The Tipping Point, Little, Brown and Co. 2003

Lenioni, Patrick.  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Jossey-Bass 2002.

Conners, Neila A.  If You Don't Feed the Teachers They eat the Students: Guide to Success for Administrators and Teachers (Kids' Stuff), Incentive Publications, 2000.

Collins, Jim.  Good to Great. Harper Business NY, NY 2001.

Issues and Trends in Public Education
Bracey, Gerald. Bail Me Out: Handling Difficult Data and Tough Questions About Public Schools, Corwin Press, 2000

 

On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools: The Folly of Today's

Policies and Practices, Heinemann, 2003

Reading Educational Research; How to Avoid Getting Statistically

Snookered, Heinemann, 2006

Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Misconceptions About Public Education in the United States, Heinemann, 2004; Tools and Techniques for Effective Data-Driven Decision-Making, Heinemann, 2004.

Eagan, Marcus. Keep Public Education Public; Why Vouchers Are A Bad Idea, National School Boards Association, 2003.

Goodland, John I. A Place Called School: Prospects for the Future, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Howell, William. Beseiged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics, Brookings Institute Press, 2005.

Marx, Gary . Future-focused Leadership: Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow's Realities, ASCD, 2006; Ten Trends Educating Children for a Profoundly Different Future, Educational Research Service, 2000;.

Rose, Mike. Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America 's Under Prepared, Penguin, 2005.

Sergiovanni, Thomas. The Lifeworld of Schools: Creating Culture, Community, and Personal Meaning, Jossey-Bass, 2004; Building Community in Schools, Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Shannon, Thomas A. The National School Boards Association: Reflections on the Development of an American Idea, National School Boards Association, 1997.

Friedman, Thomas.  The World is Flat.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005.

Levine, Mel.  A Mind at a Time, Simo

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