Making schools work : a revolutionary plan to get your children the education they need / William G. Ouchi with Lydia G. Segal.

By:

Ouchi, William G, 1943-

Contributor(s):

Segal, Lydia G, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2003.Description: xviii, 284 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

0743246306
9780743246309

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

371.2/00973

LOC classification:

LB 2822.82 O93m 2003

Online resources:

Contents:

pt. 1 What Makes a School Great?: 1 The Best Schools in America Problems and Solutions 2 Three School Districts That Have Won the Revolution pt. 2 The Seven Keys to Success: 3 Key #1: Every Principal Is an Entrepreneur 4 Key #2: Every School Controls Its Own Budget 5 Key #3: Everyone Is Accountable for Student Performance and for Budgets 6 Key #4: Everyone Delegates Authority to Those Below 7 Key #5: There Is a Burning Focus on Student Achievement 8 Key #6: Every School Is a Community of Learners 9 Key #7: Families Have Real Choices Among a Variety of Unique Schools pt. 3 A Parent's Guide to School Improvement 10 How Good Is Your School? 11 What You Can Do to Improve Your School

Summary: 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 Work shows that a school's educational performance may be most directly affected by how the school is managed."--Jacket

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LB 2822.82 O93m 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000009999

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.

pt. 1 What Makes a School Great?: 1 The Best Schools in America
Problems and Solutions
2 Three School Districts That Have Won the Revolution
pt. 2 The Seven Keys to Success: 3 Key #1: Every Principal Is an Entrepreneur
4 Key #2: Every School Controls Its Own Budget
5 Key #3: Everyone Is Accountable for Student Performance and for Budgets
6 Key #4: Everyone Delegates Authority to Those Below
7 Key #5: There Is a Burning Focus on Student Achievement
8 Key #6: Every School Is a Community of Learners
9 Key #7: Families Have Real Choices Among a Variety of Unique Schools
pt. 3 A Parent's Guide to School Improvement
10 How Good Is Your School?
11 What You Can Do to Improve Your School

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 Work shows that a school's educational performance may be most directly affected by how the school is managed."--Jacket

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