Book cover with the title "Yes, You Matter... Your Purpose Awaits You!" by Rolland B. It features an American flag against a dramatic sky and questions about one's purpose.

Yes, You Matter … Your Purpose Awaits You!

Are you blooming where you are planted?
What gift were you born to give? What were you born to do? What is your purpose?
If you are a teenager or young adult, this book was written for you. If you are on a quest for life’s purpose, this book is a self-help guide outlining practical steps you can use to find and crystallize your life's true purpose, so you can bloom where you are planted, sooner rather than later!

Book cover with the title "Yes, You Matter... Your Purpose Awaits You!" by Rolland B. It features an American flag against a dramatic sky and questions about one's purpose.
Front and back cover view of the book "Revolt Against The K-12 Status Quo" by Rolland B, featuring American flags and a subtitle advocating for education reform.

Revolt Against the K-12 Status QUO

This book shines a spotlight on an open secret: the vast disparities among the 50 states in funding and spending on public K–12 education.
How is it, how was it, that in a country where the Fourteenth Amendment proclaims EQUAL PROTECTION under the law, we have condoned such long-running disparities... disparities that are unjust as they are inequitable?
The author contends that society’s inattentive embrace of these disparities must end. It’s time for a ‘revolt’ against the K–12 status quo. The sooner it happens, the better it will be for American democracy.

Front and back cover view of the book "Revolt Against The K-12 Status Quo" by Rolland B, featuring American flags and a subtitle advocating for education reform.
A book cover titled "School Boards & American Democracy" features the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. flag, and the Constitution's preamble. The background image on the right shows children in a classroom.

School Boards & American Democracy

This book shines a spotlight on the last outposts of local control: America’s school boards. In this book, the author points out that running for and serving on the school board could be the adventure of your lifetime, suggesting that school board service comes with an unparalleled psychic side benefit: satisfaction from knowing that – if you do your job well – your impact will affect eternity. At the end of your term, you could discover that your participation, though confined to the local level, will have effectively strengthened American democracy.

A book cover titled "School Boards & American Democracy" features the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. flag, and the Constitution's preamble. The background image on the right shows children in a classroom.
Front and back cover of the book "Poverty of the Mind" by Rolland B, featuring a mountain landscape and a headshot of the author on the back cover.

Poverty of the Mind In The Land Of The Free

This book is a rebuke, a reprimand, against the impoverished minds inhabiting the nation’s political landscape and putting American democracy on shaky grounds. The author argues that the antidote to this epidemic of impoverished minds is a renaissance in TRUTH education. It’ll take time. But, the author claims, it’s a sacred mission American society and the K-12 education system cannot afford not to begin.

Front and back cover of the book "Poverty of the Mind" by Rolland B, featuring a mountain landscape and a headshot of the author on the back cover.
A book titled "The Case for Values Education" with an American flag on the cover. Two hands hold a document labeled "We the People." The back cover displays text about the contents and the author.

The Case for Values Education

This book is a summons to action on the part of America’s school boards, a clarion call for a K–12 curriculum that has education at its base, education in CORE DEMOCRATIC VALUES. More than ever, the need for education in civics across America’s public schools has never been more critical for the fortification of American democracy.

A book titled "The Case for Values Education" with an American flag on the cover. Two hands hold a document labeled "We the People." The back cover displays text about the contents and the author.
Front and back covers of a book titled "Democracy Forever!" by Rolland B, featuring the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The back cover includes a photo of the author and brief descriptions of the book and author.

Democracy…Forever!

The purpose of this book is to rekindle – if that’s even possible – Abraham Lincoln’s fervent hope for an everlasting democracy, which he expressed in his immortal Gettysburg Address.
This book outlines a layman’s prescription for what ails American democracy and calls on America’s school boards to re-examine their school districts’ respective Mission Statements … and resolve the all-important question, ‘What’s the purpose of education?’

Front and back covers of a book titled "Democracy Forever!" by Rolland B, featuring the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The back cover includes a photo of the author and brief descriptions of the book and author.
Book cover showing two men shaking hands under the title "Shall the Dream Die? Never!" by Rolland B.

Shall The Dream Die? Never!

This book is a nostalgic look at the liberal causes championed by the late Sen. Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy. A tribute to that rare public servant who was born into wealth but who devoted his life to one of exemplary public service to the nation, especially the less privileged and less fortunate masses.

Book cover showing two men shaking hands under the title "Shall the Dream Die? Never!" by Rolland B.
Black and white portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses, a suit jacket, and a tie.
About

Rolland B

Rolland B brings a deep understanding of the burdens of school board service, having served for eight years as an at-large member of the Board of Education of Rowland Unified School District – with close to 20,000 K–12 students at that time, housed in three high schools, three intermediate schools, fifteen elementary schools, and an adult school – covering all of Rowland Heights and portions of the cities of Walnut, West Covina, and La Puente, in Los Angeles County, California.

Rolland’s Purpose

Rolland’s purpose is twofold:

ONE: To help school boards REGAIN, ATTAIN, and/or MAINTAIN their maximum effectiveness as a governing body.

TWO: To beat the drums for American democracy, whenever he can, wherever he can, for as long as he can.

After toiling for three decades in a variety of roles in the vineyards of public K–12 education, Rolland believes that his late-in-life calling  —beating the drums for American democracy— is the gift he was born to give.

Book cover with the title "Yes, You Matter... Your Purpose Awaits You!" by Rolland B. It features an American flag against a dramatic sky and questions about one's purpose.

Yes, You Matter … Your Purpose Awaits You!

Are you blooming where you are planted?
What gift were you born to give? What were you born to do? What is your purpose?
If you are a teenager or young adult, this book was written for you. If you are on a quest for life’s purpose, this book is a self-help guide outlining practical steps you can use to find and crystallize your life's true purpose, so you can bloom where you are planted, sooner rather than later!

Book cover with the title "Yes, You Matter... Your Purpose Awaits You!" by Rolland B. It features an American flag against a dramatic sky and questions about one's purpose.
Front and back cover view of the book "Revolt Against The K-12 Status Quo" by Rolland B, featuring American flags and a subtitle advocating for education reform.

Revolt Against the K-12 Status QUO

This book shines a spotlight on an open secret: the vast disparities among the 50 states in funding and spending on public K–12 education.
How is it, how was it, that in a country where the Fourteenth Amendment proclaims EQUAL PROTECTION under the law, we have condoned such long-running disparities... disparities that are unjust as they are inequitable?
The author contends that society’s inattentive embrace of these disparities must end. It’s time for a ‘revolt’ against the K–12 status quo. The sooner it happens, the better it will be for American democracy.

Front and back cover view of the book "Revolt Against The K-12 Status Quo" by Rolland B, featuring American flags and a subtitle advocating for education reform.
A book cover titled "School Boards & American Democracy" features the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. flag, and the Constitution's preamble. The background image on the right shows children in a classroom.

School Boards & American Democracy

This book shines a spotlight on the last outposts of local control: America’s school boards. In this book, the author points out that running for and serving on the school board could be the adventure of your lifetime, suggesting that school board service comes with an unparalleled psychic side benefit: satisfaction from knowing that – if you do your job well – your impact will affect eternity. At the end of your term, you could discover that your participation, though confined to the local level, will have effectively strengthened American democracy.

A book cover titled "School Boards & American Democracy" features the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. flag, and the Constitution's preamble. The background image on the right shows children in a classroom.
Front and back cover of the book "Poverty of the Mind" by Rolland B, featuring a mountain landscape and a headshot of the author on the back cover.

Poverty of the Mind In The Land Of The Free

This book is a rebuke, a reprimand, against the impoverished minds inhabiting the nation’s political landscape and putting American democracy on shaky grounds. The author argues that the antidote to this epidemic of impoverished minds is a renaissance in TRUTH education. It’ll take time. But, the author claims, it’s a sacred mission American society and the K-12 education system cannot afford not to begin.

Front and back cover of the book "Poverty of the Mind" by Rolland B, featuring a mountain landscape and a headshot of the author on the back cover.
A book titled "The Case for Values Education" with an American flag on the cover. Two hands hold a document labeled "We the People." The back cover displays text about the contents and the author.

The Case for Values Education

This book is a summons to action on the part of America’s school boards, a clarion call for a K–12 curriculum that has education at its base, education in CORE DEMOCRATIC VALUES. More than ever, the need for education in civics across America’s public schools has never been more critical for the fortification of American democracy.

A book titled "The Case for Values Education" with an American flag on the cover. Two hands hold a document labeled "We the People." The back cover displays text about the contents and the author.
Front and back covers of a book titled "Democracy Forever!" by Rolland B, featuring the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The back cover includes a photo of the author and brief descriptions of the book and author.

Democracy…Forever!

The purpose of this book is to rekindle – if that’s even possible – Abraham Lincoln’s fervent hope for an everlasting democracy, which he expressed in his immortal Gettysburg Address.
This book outlines a layman’s prescription for what ails American democracy and calls on America’s school boards to re-examine their school districts’ respective Mission Statements … and resolve the all-important question, ‘What’s the purpose of education?’

Front and back covers of a book titled "Democracy Forever!" by Rolland B, featuring the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The back cover includes a photo of the author and brief descriptions of the book and author.
Book cover showing two men shaking hands under the title "Shall the Dream Die? Never!" by Rolland B.

Shall The Dream Die? Never!

This book is a nostalgic look at the liberal causes championed by the late Sen. Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy. A tribute to that rare public servant who was born into wealth but who devoted his life to one of exemplary public service to the nation, especially the less privileged and less fortunate masses.

Book cover showing two men shaking hands under the title "Shall the Dream Die? Never!" by Rolland B.

What I Do

Quality and Service You Can Count On

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Writing

My first five books are out, but I’m working on a couple more.

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Public Speaking

I’m available to speak before gatherings of K–12 school board members, superintendents, and other administrators and influencers.

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Consulting

I do short-term consulting engagements with local educational agencies (LEAs), mainly school districts and county offices of education ... California LEAs only for now.

How can I help you?