School Centered Management (SCM) focuses on the school as the center of all management endeavors. Systematic delegation, support, and accountability are parts of SCM's situational approach to management. (MLF)

A seminar held on a kibbutz in Israel in which educators from the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel discussed school-based curriculum development is described. (RM)

A survey of 51 instructional supervisors sought information on their time management: ideal versus actual use of their time, assigned tasks perceived as superfluous to jobs, and constraints on more effective use of time. Job clarification and personal time audits are aids to time management. (JW)

This literature review describes ways of thinking about sharing school leadership and to examine the possible link between shared leadership and student achievement. This review examines four different approaches to school leadership that involve more than a single individual. These four were selected because they were most widely represented in…

The Hong Kong Government first introduced school-based management (SBM) to the education profession in 1991. The principal is a pivotal factor in fostering an environment for change. SBM and teacher empowerment calls for new modes of leadership: teachers lend their expertise, and principals become facilitators rather than directors. The purpose of…

Reviews criticisms of existing inservice education programs, lists characteristics of successful programs, and considers important issues in the move to school-based inservice education. Recommends that schools begin staff development by developing in teachers the skills needed to initiate their own inservice programs. (JOW)

The new Uniform School Accounting System has all the advantages of standardized accounting procedures and also enables standardized cost comparisons of schools. (MLF)

Confronts possibilities and problems associated with creating diverse, multicultural, inclusive schools. Illustrates how schools can better serve students by fostering a sense of community while advancing both solidarity and diversity. Inclusive schools maintain and expand the focus on contiguity-based solidarity begun with site-managed schools…

Summarizes a Louisiana study that asked teachers and new principals in 24 restructuring schools to assess their level of involvement in shared decision making, the kinds of information used to reach decisions, and their perceptions of various information sources' usefulness. Results showed high involvement but little valuing of information beyond…

Suggests the capacity for synergistic planning should be fostered in the staffing and work of all educational decision-making bodies. In this model, all people in the organization examine the whole situation before action is taken on incremental parts. Defines synergistic planning; discusses issues surrounding data, integration, technology, and…

Britain's new inspection system requires that schools be assessed for efficiency and value for money. Drawing on a content analysis of 66 secondary school inspection reports, this paper considers implementation problems and whether schools have adopted the rational approach to resource management. Few schools had successfully adopted all elements…

Examines self-evaluation in secondary schools in Flanders based on a survey of 40 schools, followed by case studies in 3 of them. Indicates that schools have difficulty in translating the data into adequate recommendations. Twelve months later the schools were unable to realize fundamental changes. (Contains 2 tables, 5 notes, and 36 references.)…

School-based management is only one way to restructure decision making and planning to create a collaborative and collegial ambience. Schools should not forsake the strong possibilities for improvement through applying effective schools research in exchange for pursuing uncertain goals associated with recent teacher empowerment and self-governance…

Sharing decision making with teachers and parents actually increases the principal's influence. Offers 10 steps to translate leadership skills into school restructuring. (MLF)

Planning teams trained to facilitate the Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc. (IDEA) school improvement program headed pilot programs at nine Oklahoma City schools. This paper summarizes a study examining the program's implementation process, its contribution to participating schools, and benefits for future participants.…