Lessons from Enlightened Corporations.

Blankstein, Alan M.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Lessons from Enlightened Corporations.

Blankstein, Alan M.

Educational Leadership, v49 n6 p71-75 Mar 1992

The formula for improving U.S. schools can be found in the philosophy that helped transform Japanese industry and in Deming's 14 principles, emulated by many corporations. Deming's arguments against appraising individual performance through quotas or numerical goals call into question schools' current grading and merit pay practices. (12 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business Administration, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading, Merit Pay, Quotas, Student Evaluation, Total Quality Management

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