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Aims to bring together a collection of Professor Les Bell's work on educational leadership and management. This book explores various areas in the leadership and management in education, including leading and managing professional development, staff and performance management, accountability, and the management of primary schools and strategy.

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She provides detailed information on constraining factors in the medical academic marketplace, the impact of public accountability on medical school faculty, and the essential character of medical schools as research institutions and providers of important services to the larger community.

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This book will guide the reader to develop a personal leadership style for entrepreneurial success. The practical strategies and implementation notes will guide the reader to define a personal success style, promote team support and keep life in balance while working in a position that can feel chaotic at times.

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The Art of War application to education is about solving (fighting) problems (the enemy) to improve student and school success. The Art of War describes the significance of a leader and his knowledge and prudent application of the strategies.

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Writing in plain language is not something they teach in you school. But it is an art and a science, and you can learn how to do it and apply it-how to write for results. This book provides a step-by-step, example-filled guide to the critical aspects of writing in plain Englis...

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Writing in plain language is not something they teach in you school. But it is an art and a science, and you can learn how to do it and apply it-how to write for results. This book provides a step-by-step, example-filled guide to the critical aspects of writing in plain Englis...

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This work provides a knowledge base for administrators to plan and manage construction projects, and addresses specific planning tasks including public opinion polling, enrollment projections, financial planning, selecting architects and managing facilities once they are operational.

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This book provides a new process to greatly improve the performance of organizations. It is purposely designed to enhance the strategic planning processes of large organizations and may replace the process entirely for smaller organizations. Finally, a book that makes sense and can be put to use immediately.

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Sybouts emphasizes that the human dimension of educational planning is paramount, and that leadership and vision are essential to the effective management of change.

The volume begins with a rationale for improved planning in educational administration.

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Responding to the conservative agenda of high-stakes testing, charter schools, and vouchers, this work offers an alternative vision of education reform. It gives a portrayal of day-to-day teaching and learning in six educational projects that span both classroom and community-based settings.

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Responding to the conservative agenda of high-stakes testing, charter schools, and vouchers, Pockets of Hope offers an alternative vision of education reform. It provides an intimate portrayal of day-to-day teaching and learning in six educational projects that span both classroom and community-base

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This volume discusses teacher training, pay and incentives, equity and diversity among the student population, and the use of indicators to assess educational progress and to inform decision making. Chapters in each section emphasize policies that schools should adopt to address the respective issues.

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Political Economy of Public Education Finance clarifies organizational, political, and socioeconomic contexts in equity in public education spending, arguing that through appropriate policy and reorganization of school finance, policymakers can reform the organizational and political set-up of school districts for more effective public education.

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Political Economy of Public Education Finance clarifies organizational, political, and socioeconomic contexts in equity in public education spending, arguing that through appropriate policy and reorganization of school finance, policymakers can reform the organizational and political set-up of school districts for more effective public education.

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Armitage taught for one year in a British grammar school from 1971 to 1972 when the school amalgamated with a secondary modern school to form a comprehensive school.

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During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem.

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Assesses the moves to decentralize educational administration. The text contains overviews by individual authors, and dialogues between different academic contenders. It provides a survey of educational policies and planning, and an analysis of the changes in England and Wales.

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This book presents 29 rules on personal mastery. Each rule contains a number of tools, which aim to pave the access road to your own ego and your preferred reality constructs; in a journey of continual improvement towards becoming who you could be.

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This book presents 29 rules on personal mastery. Each rule contains a number of tools, which aim to pave the access road to your own ego and your preferred reality constructs; in a journey of continual improvement towards becoming who you could be.

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This book contributes to the literature on the ethical use of power and political skills to lead whole system change within school districts.

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This book describes a humanistic approach to implementing programs and systems that bring academic press, social support, and relational trust together in unique ways. Based on the understanding that old beliefs are changed by supporting new behaviors, the approach includes ac...

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This book describes a humanistic approach to implementing programs and systems that bring academic press, social support, and relational trust together in unique ways. Based on the understanding that old beliefs are changed by supporting new behaviors, the approach includes ac...