ABSTRACT

Over the last decade the governance of primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands has by no means become simpler. This paper sketches recent policy developments and their consequences for the leadership of Boards of Multiple Schools (BMSs) and their school leaders. Thereof we describe the challenges BMSs in the Netherlands currently face to enhance educational quality. However, the existence of a wide variety of school board types and a lack of research into BMSs prevent a solid evidence base on how the leadership of school boards contributes to improving the quality of education in the schools they run. As the interaction between school leaders and boards is understudied we make a plea for a research agenda that does justice to challenges for school leadership in multi-school systems.

摘要

在过去十年中，荷兰中小学的管理从未如此简单。本文概述了最近的政策发展及其对多所学校董事会 (BMS) 及其学校领导的影响。因此，我们描述了荷兰 BMS 目前在提高教育质量方面面临的挑战。然而，由于存在各种各样的学校董事会类型，并且缺乏对 BMS 的研究，因此无法建立可靠的证据基础，证明学校董事会的领导如何有助于提高其所办学校的教育质量。由于学校领导和董事会之间的互动没有得到充分研究，我们呼吁制定一项研究议程，以公正应对多学校系统中学校领导的挑战。