Teachers as School Board Members:

Democratic Communities,

Professional Associations and

The Generational Trust

 

Maureen W. McClure

R. Craig Wood

Catherine Lugg

Cynthia Reed

Margaret Ross

Presented to

The Research Group

National Education Association

Washington, DC, US

December, 1998

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 Executive Summary

 Sustaining Generational Relationships: A Strategic Essay

 Policy Framework for Teacher Empowerment Reform Policy

 Legal Framework: State of the State Policy on School Board Membership

Alabama

Hawaii

Michigan

North Carolina

Utah

Alaska

Idaho

Minnesota

North Dakota

Vermont

Arizona

Illinois

Mississippi

Ohio

Virginia

Arkansas

Indiana

Missouri

Oklahoma

Washington

California

Iowa

Montana

Oregon

West Virginia

Colorado

Kansas

Nebraska

Pennsylvania

Wisconsin

Connecticut

Kentucky

Nevada

Rhode Island

Wyoming

Delaware

Louisiana

New Hampshire

South Carolina

 

District of Columbia

Maine

New Jersey 

South Dakota

 

Florida

Massachusetts

New Mexico

Tennessee

 

Georgia

Maryland

New York

Texas

 

 

Teacher Empowerment Policy: The View from the Ground

 The View from the Board: Challenges to Grassroots Democracy: Theocracy

 Introduction

Fundamentalist Christianity and the Contemporary Christian Right

The Influence of Christian Reconstructionism

Implications for Public Education

Conclusion: Challenging the Christian Right

 References

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Toward a Strategy for the Generational Trust in a Democratic Community