Healing Public Schools. (Book Reviews).Superintendent, Adrian Public Schools Adrian Public Schools In 1828, a school committee authorized the building of a combination school and meeting house at the corner of South Main and Winter Street. David Buck was hired to be the first school master. , Adrian, Mich. In Healing Public Schools: The Winning Prescription To Cure Their Chronic illness, Allen Salowe and Leon Lessinger build a compelling case for districts to adopt the principles of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000 education standards as the prescription to cure what ails them. Building on the work of W. Edwards Deming William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900–December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant. Deming is widely credited with improving production in the United States during World War II, although he is perhaps best known for and the philosophy of continuous improvement, the authors identify the problem with our educational systems and encourage the application of the Baldrige criteria for evaluating schools and ISO 9001 and 9004 standards to produce high-reliability organizations. The combined Baldrige and ISO criteria bring a solid set of tools to achieve measurable quality based on applied research and best-practices benchmarking for schools. The criteria would require a systemic look at all facets of the school organization and would require buy-in from all stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. . This prescription is no quick fix, requiring a dedication to improving the people systems of schools over time. It is a comprehensive model to move organizations toward quality performance. By the authors' admission, modifying school culture and rethinking the school's mission is not easy, but it can be done. Healing Public Schools provides a prescription for anyone concerned about the health of public education. (Healing Public Schools: The Winning Prescription to Cure Their Chronic Illness, by Allen Salowe and Leon Lessinger, Scarecrow Scarecrow goes to Wizard of Oz to get brains. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ignorance Scarecrow can’t live up to his name. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Am. Press, Lanham, Md., 2001, 255 pp., $22.50 softcover) |
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