Total Quality Education: Transforming Schools Into Learning Places (Total Quality Education for the World)

Can schools be changed to eliminate some of the worst things about them? In this book the authors examine how competition is at the heart of nearly all facets of school life and the socioeconomic system that supports it. The authors conclude there is no way to recreate a school to ensure that every student wins and that there are no losers except by abandoning the current system and starting again. To design a school where all children are winners requires a complete transformation of the school into a learning place that recenters learning at the heart of the process. The authors skilfully adapt the proven business principles of W Edwards Deming and apply them to education. Using their combined forty years of practitioner experience, English and Hill detail how the educational changes which embody Total Quality Education are possible and what learning places are like in the way of principles, characteristics, organization, schedule, staff, instruction and supervision. They also present a learning model, discuss curriculum planning and evaluation in the learning place, and provide a planning and troubleshooting guide.John C. Hill is the author of 'Total Quality Education: Transforming Schools Into Learning Places (Total Quality Education for the World)', published 1994 under ISBN 9780803961067 and ISBN 0803961065.