The Lead — Governance News
Boards Are Running Out of Time on AI
AI tools are hitting procurement pipelines before most boards have defined what student outcomes they're trying to improve. Without an outcome-first framework, districts are buying solutions to problems they haven't named — and no vendor will name it for them.
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The Governance Data No One Is Collecting
Most boards vote on budgets without access to outcome trend data. That's not a budget problem — it's a governance problem. Three questions every board member should ask before the next budget cycle, and what answers should look like.
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One Board That Asked the Right Question
When a mid-sized district in the Midwest stopped asking "how do we improve test scores" and started asking "what does high-quality governance look like here," everything changed — including the test scores.
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What the Literature Actually Says About Board Effectiveness
The peer-reviewed research on school board governance is thinner than you'd expect and more actionable than most boards realize. This week's research note distills the highest-confidence findings and what they mean for your next board meeting.
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