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Flattening central offices.(ABSTRACT)(Brief article)
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School Administrator
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May 1, 2008
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A recent doctoral dissertation sought to clarify whether a flatter central office means more resources for students and whether school administrators feel liberated or burdened by flattening.
The study by Brian Childress at the University of Northern Colorado also looked at the benefits of site-based management for the school and district and whether existing constraints on education could foil flattening efforts.
The basic principle of this change is flattening the traditional hierarchical model of school district organizations by creating the central office as a pay-for-service organization that directly supports schools. Money, in this approach, follows students to ...
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