Description
Book SynopsisThis easy-to-read book integrates research and performance-based concepts in order to demystify and debunk the conventional wisdom about education. For many years, education has been beset by myths myths that it can''t be fixed with new concepts, that it takes specialists to diagnose what''s wrong, that research doesn''t reflect the real world, that the lessons of business cannot be generalized to education. This book takes on these misunderstandings and shows precisely what educators may do in order to overcome them. Educators will find Salowe and Lessinger''s advice to be a rational, sober, and research-based approach to an often-debated topic.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 The First Day of School: From the Business World to the Classroom Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter 1 Follow the Money Trail Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Student-Centered School Management and Technology Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Why Student-Center the School? Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Performance Management Chapter 8 Chapter 5 Customer Relationship Management in Education Chapter 9 Chapter 6 The Right Data Guides Student-Centered Decision Making Chapter 10 Chapter 7 The College of Engineering Helps Bring Education into the Twenty-First Century Chapter 11 Chapter 8 Quality and Performance Management Initiatives around the Globe Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Benchmarking for World-Class Schools Chapter 13 Chapter 10 Conclusion: Education and the Future of the Nation
