17 Pinellas principals run pilot program on decentralized decisionmaking - St. Petersburg Times:
"Teacher participation is crucial to school-based decisionmaking, Nelson said. The trick will be to get everyone involved in the new plan without putting more on anyone's already crowded plate.
Research indicates that achievement improves when those closest to the students — principals, teachers, parents — are making the decisions.
It's a philosophy the Pinellas Education Foundation embraces, along with the idea that the business community can teach educators a thing or two about how to run schools."
"Teacher participation is crucial to school-based decisionmaking, Nelson said. The trick will be to get everyone involved in the new plan without putting more on anyone's already crowded plate.
Research indicates that achievement improves when those closest to the students — principals, teachers, parents — are making the decisions.
It's a philosophy the Pinellas Education Foundation embraces, along with the idea that the business community can teach educators a thing or two about how to run schools."