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Introducing a bold, persuasive new argument into the national debate over education, Dr. William Ouchi describes a revolutionary approach to creating successful public schools.This program has produced significant, lasting improvements in the school districts where it has already been implemented. Drawing on the results of a landmark study of 223 schools in six cities, a project that Ouchi supervised and that was funded in part by the National Science Foundation,Making Schools Workshows that a school's educational performance may be most directly affected by how the school is managed.Ouchi's 2001-2002 study examined innovative school systems in Edmonton (Canada), Seattle, and Houston, and compared them with the three largest traditional school systems: New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Researchers discovered that the schools that consistently performed best also had the most decentralized management systems, in which autonomous principals -- not administrators in a central office -- controlled school budgets and personnel hiring policies. They were fully responsible and fully accountable for the performance of their schools. With greater freedom and flexibility to shape their educational programs, hire specialists as needed, and generally determine the direction of their school, the best principals will act as entrepreneurs, says Ouchi. Those who do poorly are placed under the supervision of successful principals, who assume responsibility for the failing schools.An essential component of this management approach is the Weighted Student Formula, a budgetary tool whereby every student is evaluated and assessed a certain dollar value in educational services (a non-English-speaking or autistic student, or one from a low-income family, for example, would receive a higher dollar value than a middle-class student with no special needs). Families have the freedom to choose among public schools, and when schools must compete for students, good schools flourish while those that do poorly literally go out of business.Such accountability has long worked for religious and independent schools, where parents pay a premium for educational performance.Making Schools Workshows how the same approach can be adapted to public schools. The book also provides guidelines for parents on how to evaluate a school and make sure their child is getting the best education possible.Revolutionary yet practical,Making Schools Workshows that positive educational reform is within reach and, indeed, already happening in schools across the country.

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Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743246306
ISBN-13
9780743246309
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Author
William G. Ouchi
Publication Name
Making Schools Work : a Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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9.2in
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1in
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Item Weight
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Segal, Lydia G.
Lc Classification Number
Lb2822.82.O93 2003
Table of Content
Contents Part One: What Makes a School Great?1. The Best Schools in America -- Problems and Solutions2. Three School Districts That Have Won the RevolutionPart Two: The Seven Keys to Success3. Key #1: Every Principal Is an Entrepreneur4. Key #2: Every School Controls Its Own Budget5. Key #3: Everyone Is Accountable for Student Performance and for Budgets6. Key #4: Everyone Delegates Authority to Those Below7. Key #5: There Is a Burning Focus on Student Achievement8. Key #6: Every School Is a Community of Learners9. Key #7: Families Have Real Choices Among a Variety of Unique SchoolsPart Three: A Parent's Guide to School Improvement10. How Good Is Your School?11. What You Can Do to Improve Your SchoolNotesIndex
Copyright Date
2003
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Leadership, General, Aims & Objectives
Lccn
2003-050585
Dewey Decimal
371.2/00973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Education

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