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Making Schools Work
Making Schools Work
A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need  
By William G. Ouchi
with: Lydia G. Segal
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Contents

Part One: What Makes a School Great?
1. The Best Schools in America -- Problems and Solutions
2. Three School Districts That Have Won the Revolution

Part Two: The Seven Keys to Success
3. Key #1: Every Principal Is an Entrepreneur
4. Key #2: Every School Controls Its Own Budget
5. Key #3: Everyone Is Accountable for Student Performance and for Budgets
6. Key #4: Everyone Delegates Authority to Those Below
7. Key #5: There Is a Burning Focus on Student Achievement
8. Key #6: Every School Is a Community of Learners
9. Key #7: Families Have Real Choices Among a Variety of Unique Schools

Part Three: A Parent's Guide to School Improvement
10. How Good Is Your School?
11. What You Can Do to Improve Your School

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Index