Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series Professor Alma Harris. Foreword Professor Jan Robertson. Preface Brian J. Caldwell and Jim M. Spinks 1. A New View of Self-Management 2. Core Principles for Next Practice 3. Alignment 4. Intellectual Capital 5. Governance and Social Capital 6. The funding of High Quality and High Equity 7. Next Practice in the Funding of Schools 8. A Student-Focused Planning Model 9. Student-Focused Planning in Action 10. Studies of Success 11. New Challenges for Policy and Practice. References. Appendices: 1. Principles of Resource Allocation for Student-Focused Self-Managing Schools 2. Self-Assessment of Knowledge Management 3. Self-Assessment of Governance 4. Self-Assessment of Resource Allocation 5. The Student Resource Package in Victoria

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Brian J. Caldwell, Jim Spinks

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" "The most grounded and incisive treatment of the future of schooling you will ever find. Caldwell and Spinks show in clear and compelling terms how to raise the stakes for each and every student by putting the system to work on a new set of solutions. Brilliantly and specifically insightful and action oriented. Michael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education