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Implementing Site-Based Management In The Rural South: The Process And The Challenge, Linda Gail Mcquaig
Implementing Site-Based Management In The Rural South: The Process And The Challenge, Linda Gail Mcquaig
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School systems across the United States have implemented various forms of site-based management (SBM) to restructure their schools and ultimately improve education. Educators have been disappointed with the results of SBM and some have related its failure to the way SBM was implemented in many school systems. Too often, SBM was implemented as a top-down decision and viewed as a goal to obtain rather than a continuous learning process.
This study was an ethnohistorical, single-case study of a small, rural elementary school in Southeast Georgia that implemented a form of site-based management, shared governance. Data collection consisted of a combination …