ABSTRACT
This chapter describes one major public sector area—public schools and education. It examines how public school district superintendents’ compensation should be awarded and changed from the methodology. The chapter suggests that parameters and policy guidelines for consideration of superintendents’ compensation and other actions for improving the education system within the realm of the superintendents’ control. The most effective way to change leadership is through management of compensation, which is tied to some performance metric. The school district superintendent has important responsibilities and leadership duties. Receipts of increased funds are in turn allocated to the school districts headed by the school district superintendent. School district superintendents are public employees compensated by the taxpayers of the school district. The task of the school district superintendent, a public interest task, is to deliver good educational outcomes for student enrolees who will provide meaningful contributions to society.
