A recent report from the New England School Development Council offers strategies to help build strong school board-superintendent teams. The council advises boards and superintendents to work more as teams and less as adversaries. Solid teamwork is the foundation for rebuilding a leadership structure in school systems, said Dr. Paul Houston, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators .
Governance is a huge issue right now.
Provide boards and superintendents more training in working together. Develop better college training programs for superintendents. Adopt national certification requirements for superintendents. Create a national center for school board-superintendent leadership. Revise state laws to enable boards and superintendents to meet privately to periodically evaluate their work.