New work on school boards, district reform, and consolidation

I just received a research update from SIG member Tom Alsbury, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at North Carolina State University. His work has focused on school board governance, district reform, and school consolidation. Thanks for the update, Tom!


Alsbury, T. L.(Ed.). (2008). The future of school board governance: Relevancy and revelation. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Alsbury, T. L. (2008). School board politics and student achievement. In T. L. Alsbury (Ed.) Relevancy and revelation: The future of school board governance. [pp. 247-272] Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Alsbury, T. L. (2008). Promoting sustainable leadership within the reform system. In B. Hand (Ed.), Science inquiry, argument and language: A case for the science writing heuristic [177-194]. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.


Alsbury, T. L. (2007). Systemic variables influencing scaling and succession in district reform efforts: An empirical study. In B. Despres (Ed.), System thinkers in actions: A field guide for effective change leadership in education [pp. 135-175]. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Refereed Journal Articles:

Haddad, M. A., & Alsbury, T. L. (2008). Using spatial analyses to examine student proficiency: Guiding district consolidation and reform policy decisions. Planning & Changing, 39 (1 & 2), 98-126.

Alsbury, T. L. (2008). School board member and superintendent turnover and the influence on student achievement: An application of the Dissatisfaction Theory. Leadership & Policy in Schools, 7(2), 202-229.

Alsbury, T. L., & Shaw, N. (2005) Policy implications for social justice in school consolidation. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 4(2), 105-126.

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