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School Management OVERVIEW       ------------------------------------------ School Management Overview       Challenges and Complications Are Changing the Complexion of Top School Jobs Managing Change in Schools       Steadying the Controls of the Not-Quite-Runaway Train PRODUCTIVITY / QUALITY       ------------------------------------------ How to Improve School Decision-Making       More Data, Less 'Hunch' Measuring School Productivity       Cost-Effectiveness: What Is Our Investment in Schools Yielding? SCHOOL & CLASS SIZE       ------------------------------------------ Class Size       Not As Important As Some Parents Think TIME MANAGEMENT       ------------------------------------------ More Time in School Won't Help . . .       . . . But Better Time Management Will ACADEMIC ISSUES       ------------------------------------------ Meaningless Report Cards = Poor Management       A Symptom of Our Over-Standardized Schools, But Parents Are Demanding a Return to A-F Grades HEALTH ISSUES       ------------------------------------------ How Schools Make Kids Fat       Common-Sense Changes to Help Kids Be Healthier SAFETY       ------------------------------------------ Preventing Another Columbine: Curbing School Violence       The 'Cheers' Model: Kids Are Better Off Where Everybody Knows Their Name PERSONNEL       ------------------------------------------ When Schools Must RIF       Why Shouldn't Principals Decide? LEGAL ISSUES       ------------------------------------------ Should We Sue Districts Where Most Minority Students Don't Graduate?       Wouldn't Be the First Time U.S. Courts Dealt With Social Justice Issues FACILITIES & PURCHASING       ------------------------------------------ Facilities Maintenance       One of Many Places Where Non-Classroom Spending Has Grown Exponentially

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