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Ouchi, William G. Making Schools Work: a Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Sept, 2003. 304p. index. Simon & Schuster, $25 (0-7432-4630-6), 371.2.

Ouchi, a professor of management, studied 223 schools in nine school systems to develop a theory on how to manage schools successfully. He focuses on public and Catholic schools in the three largest school districts (New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago) and compares them with three successful school districts (Edmonton. Canada; Seattle; and Houston). Ouchi boils down the successful elements to seven factors: entrepreneurial principals, budgetary control, accountability for performance and budget, ...

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