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1. How can a school leader work with the governing board and district and local leaders to influence policies that benefit students and support the improvement of teaching and learning?

2. How can a school leader ensure that the school operates consistently within the parameters of federal, state, and local laws, policies, regulations, and statutory requirements?

1. This is what I would do and what I have seen done before. This school leader ...

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1. How can a school leader work with the governing board and district and local leaders to influence policies that benefit students and support the improvement of teaching and learning?

2. How can a school leader ensure that the school operates consistently within the parameters of federal, state, and local laws, policies, regulations, and statutory requirements?

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1. This is what I would do and what I have seen done before. This school leader needs to get with local politicians and state level politicians and form alliances. He and perhaps his assistant principals, guidance counselors and department heads (who are career oriented), need to get in touch with these people and do fund raisers and reward things. One idea I have seen work before is to reward kids who achieve a certain score on a standardized test an IPOD. Schools are often rated by these ...

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