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The Virtual Library:
Governance
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Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules, Executive Summary: The National Commission on Governing America's Schools considered how public school systems should operate in the future. This summary describes how redefining the governance of schools will aid children in the classroom and discusses two alternatives: publicly operated schools and independently operated schools. Learn how these proposals seek to fuse higher standards and accountability with a push to decentralize decision-making. [To access the article, type "Governing America's Schools" in the "Quick Search" field and click on the Initiative with the above title.]
School-Based Management: Strategies for Success. By: Priscilla Wohlstetter and Susan Albers Mohrman. School-based management (SBM) offers parents and schools a way to improve education by decentralizing control from central district offices to individual school sites. It attempts to give school constituents more control over what happens in schools. This report targets educators, but is a great way to find out if SBM works!
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