School Management in Transition: Schooling on the Edge

This book draws on a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that sets out to identify innovation and good practice in school management in nine of the world's most industrialised countries: Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA. The issues are explored with regard to the underlying question- to what extent can school leaders fulfill today's requirements as a semi-autonomous manager, instructional leader, and developer of human resources?