What Does the Board of Education do?

1. What did I learn?

After reading this article I learned about the different roles of the Board of Education. The Board of Education makes all of the district policies for the schools, setting goals for each school to strive to achieve, and also goals for themselves for their own self improvement. They also deal with administration and personnel issues. This basically means 'hiring and firing', even the superintendent. The Board of Education is also involved in the appointing of school staff and evaluating the existing teachers. what really caught my eye was when I read that the main role of the board of Education is Fiscal Management issues.Very often these budget issues make big local news, especially if there are repercussions such as staff cut-backs or loss of facilities. Any construction work or property purchases need to be approved by the Board of Education. The role that interested me the most is Educational programs. The Board of Education evaluates reviews and adopts any changes it may deem necessary to the educational process, changing to new textbooks etc. They look for ways to improve education methods and hence improve and increase student achievement. The last role I learned about is to support school and Community Relations. They are responsible for ensuring that the community is included in the public education decision making process.

http://www.k12connection.org/what-does-the-board-of-education-do.htm

2. What else do I want to learn?
Now that I know a little more about the Board of Education and their roles I would like to know statistics of parents involved. I would also want to learn in more about different Educational Systems around the nation. Overall, this is a very interesting article to read that gives you brief information on roles of the Board of Education.