Promoting a management revolution in public education
By: Stacey Childress, Richard Elmore, Allen Grossman
Contributors: Elmore, Richard F.; Grossman, Allen; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 06-004; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 06-004
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Educational leadership; School management and organization; Educational accountability; Public schools
Description: School districts today face unique challenges that make them more difficult to lead and manage than virtually any other enterprise in our country. How often has it been said that public education in the United States should be run more like a business? The problem is that while public school districts have a myriad of managerial, leadership and organizational concerns, they are not businesses.
Notes: "July 2005"--Added t.p.