Chapter 1

The District's Role in Resource Development

NEW THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT will continually influence your school district and its administrative structure. Innovations such as site-based management and total quality management (TQM) have changed education and its administration. Many administrators bemoan these changes, and even parents extol the old days of the “three Rs.” The Internet, a global economy, and the need to produce tomorrow's workforce have made change the job of our schools. From evening adult classes to school-based health clinics to after-school programs to curriculum revisions that reflect the latest technological advances, the school district administrator is at the center of change—like it or not! You may yearn for ...

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