Great on Their Behalf

Anyone with a real heart to serve students well on a local school board will find this book compelling and propelling. It makes crystal clear why we have been blind to the need and asleep at the wheel in school district after school district across the country. - Donna Bahorich, Texas State Board of Education, former Board Chair AJ's commitment to working with school boards to embrace a student-outcome-focused governance framework is visionary, unwavering, and contagious! Without a doubt, 'Student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change.' - Margo Bellamy, Anchorage School District, Board President Good things happen by design, not by accident. The principles and concepts espoused by airick create systems that greatly increase positive student achievement outcomes. - Michael Hinojosa, Dallas Independent School District, former Superintendent In Great on Their Behalf, AJ provides wise advice on improving school governance and does it clearly, directly, and profoundly. School governance leaders across our country should read it carefully and take it to heart. - Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, State Superintendent AJ Crabill is the authority on building effective school boards. I met Mr. Crabill when I was an elected school board member, and he revolutionized my thinking on both my role as an individual school board member and how to work as a collective board toward improving student outcomes. This book is the guide I wish I had when I was a school board member, and it should be required reading for each of the more than 90,000 school board members serving students throughout our country. - Elisa Hoffman, Founder and Executive Director of School Board School and former board member of the Cincinnati (Ohio) Public Schools