Administration category: 6852 books
When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools
Class, Race, and the Challenge of Equity in Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to—and often end up becoming active in—urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce...
by Christopher Bowring-Carr, Brent Davies, Linda Ellison
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2004
Education reform continues to be a dominating feature of education in the UK and many other countries throughout the world. As a result of this, it is now more important than ever that headteachers and school managers develop the skills which enable them to manage their new responsibilities effectively.
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by Rhonda Scharf
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Have you ever wondered why you were doing something a certain way without any real reason other than "that's the way it has always been done" or "that is what everyone else seems to be doing"?It seems that everyone prefers the well worn pat of common practice. Are you guilty?
The First 90 Days in Government
Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions...
Against the Profit Motive
The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Leading Through Collaboration
Guiding Groups to Productive Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2004
This practical guide provides a philosophical framework and a basic set of problem-solving skills that can make successful collaboration a reality.
Curriculum Windows
What Curriculum Theorists of the 1960s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1960s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1960s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how...
The Art of Public Strategy
Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian...
Statistics Made Simple for School Leaders
Data-Driven Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2002
The chief executive officer of a corporation is not much different from a public school administrator. While CEOs base many of their decisions on data, for school administrators, this type of research may conjure up miserable memories of searching for information to meet a graduate school requirement....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Over the past two decades public accountability has become not only an icon in political, managerial, and administrative discourse but also the object of much scholarly analysis across a broad range of social and administrative sciences. This handbook provides a state of the art overview of recent...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Use the power of equity audits to help eliminate achievement gaps and educational bias!
Grounded solidly in theory and the use of data, this resource provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for effectively using equity audits to ensure a high-quality education for all students,...
The Logic of Discipline
Global Capitalism and the Architecture of Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault. Faced with many failed reform projects, advocates of discipline realized that they had underestimated the complexity of governmental change. Opponents of discipline emphasized the damage to democratic values...
by John P. Glaser, Claudia Salzberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
This new edition of The Strategic Application of Information Technology in Health Care Organizations offers a peerless guide for health care leaders to understand information technology (IT) strategic planning and implementation. Filled with illustrative case studies, the book explores the link between...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This book shows healthcare professionals how to turn data points into meaningful knowledge upon which they can take effective action. Actionable intelligence can take many forms, from informing health policymakers on effective strategies for the population to providing direct and predictive insights...