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Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership.(Brief article)(Book review)
Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership. Stacey Childress, Richard F. Elmore, Allen S. Grossman, and Susan Moore Johnson, eds. (Harvard Education Press). The idea that educators can learn from the business or nonprofit worlds used to be controversial. No longer. This text- book for aspiring superintendents and other district-level leaders, edited by two professors from Harvard's business school and two from its education school, rests on the premise that effective management practices are similar no matter what the sector. It offers 19 "cases" from corporations, agencies, and school districts that embody coherent, high-performing organizations. These cases are organized into "modules" on five themes: making coherence concrete; finding ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 20, 2003 700+ words
Palm(TM) Tungsten(TM) and Palm Zire(TM) handhelds are continuing to gain momentum in education as thousands of the handheld computers make their way into classrooms and into the hands of students, teachers and administrators, Palm, Inc. said today. "We are seeing an increase in the use of Tungsten
- Managing school districts for high performance; cases in public education...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2008 700+ words
9781891792496 Managing school districts for high performance; cases in public education leadership. Ed. by Stacey Childress...Education, and a network of urban school districts. The cases explore managerial...
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...BEGAN AS A LUNCHTIME discussion among CELT (Center for Education Leadership and Technology) Corp. staff about how to positively...for using experiences and challenges from participating school districts of various sizes from different parts of the country as...
- Success with RTI requires attention to technology and staff training: are...
- Magazine article from: District Administration September 1, 2008 700+ words
How effectively are districts implementing RTI? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The greatest challenge districts have in implementing RTI is scaling it across all schools in a district, and being clear that this is the way in which business will be conducted. Then, they must provide the appropriate training
- School districts across area face vacancies Stress taking toll on...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Geeta Anand, Globe Staff April 2, 1995 700+ words
...statewide in local education leadership jobs. Among 29 school districts in the area, superintendents...the constraints on school districts, it's very hard...really burdening the school districts in the western suburbs...
- Lessons learned: an inside look at four of the top technology school districts...
- Magazine article from: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) Bossert, Philip J. November 1, 2001 700+ words
...Technology and Education Leadership Awards...Twelve school districts from around...education, the school districts also fully...outstanding school districts were named...Technology in Education Leadership Awards...
- Harvard University Project to Study Large Public School Districts Announced.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 26, 2003 700+ words
...management of nine school districts across the country...evaluate how the school districts link their operations...often intractable school districts to run more efficiently...called the Public Education Leadership Project and will...
- Books worth reading: Managing school districts for high performance; The...
- Magazine article from: Leadership Manthey, George March 1, 2008 700+ words
Warning: "Managing school districts for high performance" is a...have been used in the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University...value is added. "Managing school districts for high performance: Cases...
