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Raising the Stakes

From Improvement to Transformation in the Reform of Schools

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim Spinks

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Raising the Stakes

From Improvement to Transformation in the Reform of Schools

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim Spinks

Breaking new ground by showing how to deploy all available resources – from finance to staff to culture to other organisations, Raising the Stakes provides an understanding of the breadth of resources that are needed in order to provide a quality education to all students.

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Routledge

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1134069766

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Re-imagining educational leadership

By: Brian J. Caldwell

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Re-imagining educational leadership

By: Brian J. Caldwell

Re-imagining Educational Leadership will challenge policymakers at all levels to re-imagine educational leadership. It will help reshape educational leadership in school systems around the world at a time when policymakers seem to be losing faith in what schools can accomplish.

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ACER Press

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1429412550

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The Future Of Schools

Lessons From The Reform Of Public Education

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Don Hayward

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The Future Of Schools

Lessons From The Reform Of Public Education

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Don Hayward

This text provides an analysis of the efforts to establish systems of self-managing schools around the world. The core of this book is the description of the transformation of the education system in the state of Victoria, Australia, from dependence in a highly centralized and bureaucratized structure to one that values local decision making and the creation of a system of self-managing schools. The text goes on to show how these and similar programmes in other nations could lay the foundations for similar reform. The authors propose that there must be changes in the role of key stakeholders, including government, community and profession; traditional approaches must be challenged and new ways to fund schools to be canvassed.

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Routledge

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1135712190

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Creating an Excellent School

Some New Management Techniques

By: Hedley Beare,Brian J. Caldwell,Ross H. Millikan

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Creating an Excellent School

Some New Management Techniques

By: Hedley Beare,Brian J. Caldwell,Ross H. Millikan

Originally published in 1989. The pursuit of excellence is much discussed with reference to education, but the question remains, ’How can a school become excellent?’ This book demonstrates that excellence depends on good management which, in turn, depends not only on a clear understanding of good management theory, but on the ability to translate theory into practice. The authors offer profound insights into three crucial areas of leadership: culture, structure, and public accountability. Drawing on areas outside education, such as advertising and business, they discuss many innovations that are already current - flexitime, the vertical curriculum, mastery learning, community support - and depict ways in which these can be brought together into a total educational experience. More strikingly, however, they look ahead, examining the potential changes to our concept of schooling: for instance those brought about by the growth of information technology. This book emphasises that at the heart of outstanding schooling are visionary leadership, a clear sense of purpose, and creatively conceived and flexible support structures.

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Routledge

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1351041525

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The Alignment Premium

Benchmarking Australia’s student achievement, professional autonomy and system adaptivity

By: Brian J Caldwell

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The Alignment Premium

Benchmarking Australia’s student achievement, professional autonomy and system adaptivity

By: Brian J Caldwell

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ACER Press

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1742865038

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9781742865034

Self Managing School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

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Self Managing School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

First published in 1988. This book concerns one of today’s key educational issues: how schools can be encouraged to develop their own management skills. The present British government has introduced legislation for schools to manage their own budgets and to enable schools to opt out of LEA control and become independently run and financed by central government. In other countries such as Australia, Canada, the Scandinavian countries and also in some parts of the United States, the devolution of budgeting and management power to schools and the decentralisation of educational administration are being pursued with vigour.

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Routledge

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1317939026

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Leading the Self-Managing School

By: Brian Caldwell

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Leading the Self-Managing School

By: Brian Caldwell

This work is a sequel to The Self-Managing Schooland deals with leadership responsibilities on two levels - as head of a school responsible for local management and as a director in a Local Education Authority responsible, in turn, for the.

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Routledge

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1135387680

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9781135387686

Why Not the Best Schools?

What we have learned from outstanding schools around the world

By: Brian J Caldwell,Jessica Harris

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Why Not the Best Schools?

What we have learned from outstanding schools around the world

By: Brian J Caldwell,Jessica Harris

Expectations have been raised in Australia and comparable countries for an 'education revolution' that will secure success for all students in all settings. Such a revolution must ensure the alignment of educational outcomes, the skills required for a strong economy, and the needs of a harmonious society. Why not the Best Schools?

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ACER Press

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1441602038

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Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization

By: John Chi-Kin Lee,Brian J. Caldwell

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Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization

By: John Chi-Kin Lee,Brian J. Caldwell

Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses education within the context of globalization and examines what is occurring in schools and systems of education in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, and Australia. Closer examination of recent developments and current trends reveal the same turbulence and a range of common issues in areas such as assessment, curriculum, leadership, management of change, pedagogy, policy, professional capacity and technology. This volume demonstrates the commonalities and differences and offers tremendous insight into the way things are done in places where student achievement is high but there is also a sense of urgency in continuing an agenda of change.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136825231

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9781136825231

The Autonomy Premium

Professional autonomy and student achievement in the 21st century

By: Brian J Caldwell

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The Autonomy Premium

Professional autonomy and student achievement in the 21st century

By: Brian J Caldwell

The Autonomy Premium is a concise response to the popular and often loosely defined debate about whether higher levels of student achievement may flow from autonomy in school management and professional practice.

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ACER Press

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1742864309

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The Self-Transforming School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

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The Self-Transforming School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

The Self-Transforming School combines an insightful meta-analysis of factors contributing to the success of schools, and an examination of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments in education, to offer the first mega-analysis in education policy and practice. The book spans fifty years, beginning with Caldwell and Spinks’ ground-breaking work The Self-Managing School which advocated innovative approaches that are now accepted as preferred practice, before offering a prognosis and plan for the future. The book argues that all schools in all settings can secure success for all students in an era where society and the economy are changing constantly and dramatically. Although schools find some support in local and global networks, externally designed re-structuring, re-staffing, or command-and-control direction isn’t sufficient to achieve transformation. Instead of replicating particular approaches to achieve modest improvement, leadership of the highest quality needs to be deeply embedded in schools and their systems. Caldwell and Spinks propose three important points that need to be taken into consideration: -schools are often at different stages of self-transformation -self-transformation requires a high level of professionalism, and must include teacher education and on-going professional development -funding is critically important, and efforts to build a capacity for self-transformation are constrained by what is available. The book gives particular attention to developments in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Shanghai, Singapore and the United States. It will be of key interest to school leaders, policy makers, and academics and postgraduate students engaged in research on equity, student performance in highly disadvantaged settings and education policy.

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Routledge

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1135072094

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The Return Of The Mentor

Strategies For Workplace Learning

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Earl M.A. Carter

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The Return Of The Mentor

Strategies For Workplace Learning

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Earl M.A. Carter

A book on the good practise of mentoring which considers the roles of the mentor-mentee in changing workplaces affected by external forces including technology, the economy and the dismantling of middle- management structures and offers guidelines for those who seek good practise.

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Routledge

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1135721513

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Why Not the Best Schools?

By: Brian Caldwell,Jessica Louise Harris

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Why Not the Best Schools?

By: Brian Caldwell,Jessica Louise Harris

Why not the best schools is drawn from a major research project undertaken by Brain Caldwell and Jessica Harris involving studies of successful schools in six countries (Finland, Wales, Australia, USA, China, England). It compares a total of 30 schools and examines the conditions necessary for schools anywhere to improve and attain high standard for students."--Publisher's website.

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Aust Council for Ed Research

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086431955X

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Beyond the Self-Managing School

By: Brian Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

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Beyond the Self-Managing School

By: Brian Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

The broad approach of local management of schools or self-managing schools is now widely accepted. In Britain, there is even consensus between the three major political parties that the approach should be continued and extended. A key issue, though, is what comes next for self- managing schools? Drawing on their work and experience in research consultancy, Caldwell and Spinks examine the way in which education is changing, and outline what is desirable and workable for schools today, with clear guidelines for policy-makers and practitioners. The focus is specifically on the school, the classroom, the student, and the future of learning in society. Practitioners will find this book immediately accessible and useful.

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1135718008

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Women in the Military

Flirting With Disaster

By: Brian Mitchell

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Women in the Military

Flirting With Disaster

By: Brian Mitchell

Army veteran Brian Mitchell shatters stock Pentagon assurances to reveal that women have had a profoundly negative effect on U.S. fighting capabilities. A few of the grim facts: When the going gets tough, the tough get "stress passes" The truth about female troop performance during the Gulf War The two countries that tried a feminized military and quickly abandoned it The hard data on soaring attrition rates, skyrocketing medical costs, lower rates of deployment, mushrooming levels of single parenthood, and more...

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Regnery Publishing

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0895263769

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Re-Imagining Educational Leadership

By: Brian Caldwell

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Re-Imagining Educational Leadership

By: Brian Caldwell

Describes how leadership is changing the world of education on a scale that can best be described as transformation. Such leadership differs in important ways from what has been expected in the past, it requires a change in role at all levels, and shiftsin the balance.

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SAGE

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1412934702

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The Self-Transforming School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

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The Self-Transforming School

By: Brian J. Caldwell,Jim M. Spinks

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The Alignment Premium

Benchmarking Australia's Student Achievement, Professional Autonomy and System Adaptivity

By: Brian J. Caldwell

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The Alignment Premium

Benchmarking Australia's Student Achievement, Professional Autonomy and System Adaptivity

By: Brian J. Caldwell

It is time for a new narrative on schools in Australia. The Alignment Premium proposes its major features. Analysis of approaches in 13 countries, including most of the world's top-performers, provides 15 benchmarks against which Australia's performance is assessed. Findings include: - Alignment among different levels of government may be commendable in some respects but there is much that is coercive, contrived, dysfunctional or illusory; - While achieving a top-ten ranking will depend on what occurs in schools, attention should shift to how systems are adapting to support all schools to become as good as Australia's best; - Lack of trust and inertia are serious constraints on efforts to transform Australia's schools. Programs for professional learning of teachers and school leaders are impressive when assessed against international benchmarks. These should be the top priority. Building on findings in The Autonomy Premium, the focus should be on professional autonomy. The challenge is to design a system in which all those who work in or for schools are fully professional. This challenge extends to early childhood and innovative approaches to polytechnic education. The Alignment Premium is essential reading for policymakers, school leaders and researchers who wish to write the new narrative.

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174286497X

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