Response to School Leadership Void at Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy
November 5, 2018 Response to School Leadership Void at Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy NEW ORLEANS — Parents from Edgar P. Harney...
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OFF THE SHELF: Create. Produce. Connect. – SEPTEMBER 2018
by Neil Ranu, LAPCS Governance Director But there is more. The best boards also add value to their organizations. And this starts by...
Message from the Executive Director – Cypress Academy
First, it is unacceptable to be making closure decisions for next school year at the end of May. If the situation at Cypress was this...
OFF THE SHELF: Spring Cleaning – March & April 2018
by Neil Ranu, LAPCS Governance Director – Stephen Covey We all know that a board is responsible for the ongoing accountability of the...
OFF THE SHELF: Safety. Community. Culture – February 2017
by Neil Ranu, LAPCS Governance Director The board is the place where a charter school ultimately defines its purpose and values. The...
Charter Schools Are Reinventing Local Control in Education
America’s devotion to local control of schools is dying, but it is also being reborn as a new faith in charter schools. These...
LAPCS Statement on New Orleans Unification Transition Plan
New Orleans — Caroline Roemer, executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS), released the following...
From Ratchet to Revived: Engaging a Disengaged Board
In a previous post, I discussed the importance of Relational Leadership and how strong relationships propel a board to excellence. As a...
Strengthen Relationships, Strengthen the Board
Leadership is always dependent on the context, but the context is established by the relationships we value. – Margaret Wheatley Take a...
Stop the Madness: Board Members Behaving Badly
My grandmother used to say that it only takes a spark to get the fire going. In my experience, it only takes one toxic board member to...
Color Blind or Color Brave: More Flies in the Buttermilk
For the last two years I have worked with dozens of nonprofit boards to support them in building their capacity and competence as...
It’s Not You, It’s Me – Breaking Up with a Board
I have the privilege to serve on several boards that I really enjoy. Board leadership has provided me with personal and professional...
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