To Run a School

Simon, Christopher A.

ISBN 10: 0275968340 / ISBN 13: 9780275968342

Published by ABC-CLIO, 2001

About this Item

This text examines the issue of how best to educate America's youth in the modern or postmodern world. The author argues that public schools are "open systems" organizations, continually reacting to a changing environment and to evolving internal organizational conditions. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467. . 2001. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Run a School
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275968340
• ISBN 13: 9780275968342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

There is a quiet revolution occurring in American public education policy. The debate surrounds the issue of how best to go about educating the country's youth in the modern--or postmodern--world. Simon looks beyond the debate to focus on what public school organization tells policymakers about outcomes.

Simon argues that public schools are open systems organizations, continually reacting to a changing environment and to evolving internal organizational conditions. The structure of public schools, he shows, has not changed dramatically, but the organizational priorities have and will continue to change. As he shows, public schools are complex mechanisms that cannot be easily manipulated to produce a quick fix to perceived problems. Through detailed case studies and their varied outcomes, Simon provides scholars, students, and public policy makers in education policy and administration with valuable insights into contemporary educational debates.

About the Author

Christopher A. Simon (Ph.D., 1997, Washington State University) is Professor of Political Science and a former Director of the MPA Program at The University of Utah. He conducts research in alternative energy policy; civic community and volunteerism; education policy; criminal justice policy; Homeland Security policy; land use policy; public administration; immigration policy/sanctuary cities; international development aid policy; and military sociology. He is co-author of Sanctuary Ordinances: The Contemporary Politics of Immigrant Assimilation in America; The Energy Security Dilemma: US Policy and Practice; and State and Local Government: Sustainability in the 21st Century; and, sole author of Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility; Public Policy: Preferences and Outcomes; and To Run a School: Administrative Organization and Learning. He has published articles in numerous academic journals. In 2008, he was named Technology Educator of the Year by the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology for his published work on renewable energy and renewable energy course development at the University of Nevada, Reno.