When was the last time you thought about initiating school reform by influencing school boards to develop an understanding of issues, solutions and policies to prod administrators to make school reform a reality? How many times have you seen school boards – as supreme bodies with responsibility to govern schools – take leadership in setting school reform goals, setting parameters for school reform, providing flexibility for school administrators to execute school board policies, assigning authority to ensure that school administrators operate research-based implementation and management practices, or establishing self-imposed and mandatory accountability measures that guide expectations and consequences at all levels of the school hierarchy? It is time for school boards to demonstrate leadership in what happens in the schools that we entrust them with and to become accountable for exerting the necessary leadership to achieve educational success of each and every student entrusted to their custody. - School Board Accountability for School Reform that Supports Educational Equity by Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. Please sign this petition and encourage your neighbors to do so if you trust me to fight for our children's future through District 2 of the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education, 2011 Special Election. - Kwabena "Cubby" Nkromo

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