Financing Schools for High Performance.The school finance system has incredible power to block reform and keep schools doing what they've they've Contraction of they have. they've have always done. Figuring out how schools can shift their current resources into investments that will build high-performing schools is a challenge for all school administrators. Financing Schools for High Performance provides excellent guidance for this daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task. Authors Allan Odden and Carolyn Busch focus on the need to improve productivity within the current educational system and then identify a strategy to build school-based staff's capacity to take charge of the teaching-learning process. This strategy supports a proactive, changed role for central-office leaders. With research from Australia and England, the authors have developed insights adapted to meet American educational system needs. In an environment of standards-based learning, this book examines the key questions and practices that leaders must address to design and manage successful schools. This work will be valuable for every leader seeking to link decentralization de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. of decision making with improved student performance. (Financing Schools for High Performance: Strategies for Improving the Use of Educational Resources, by Allan Odden and Carolyn Busch, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., 1998, 276 pp. with index, AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army member price $28.50 hardcover. Available from AASA Distribution Center. Stock #013-010SA) |
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