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Jun 17, 2009

Planning an Innovative School

How to Reduce the Likelihood of Regression toward the Mean
Dorit Tubin

Establishing an innovative school requires a great deal of planning effort, human power and resources. Nevertheless, many innovative schools suffer a process of regression toward the mean and lose their innovative zeal. Based on the life cycle approach, which claims that part of this trend of regression is embodied in the planning phase, and on the institutional theory that asserts that innovation has to negotiate institutional constraints, this instrumental case study examines the negotiation of institutional regulations while planning an innovative school. This article reports on a study of three years' planning of an Israeli innovative school, which in 2006 celebrated 10 years of successful innovation. The findings suggest three ways of handling the regulation constraints: setting an exception; reallocation of resources; and adoption of alternative standards. Further research directions and implications on educational policy and planning are discussed.
Key Words: institutional regulation • instrumental case study • life cycle approach • planning for innovation • school start-up
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, Vol. 37, No. 3, 404-421 (2009)

6 comments:

  1. I find it important that all our Principals and our Centre of Research and Development should immediately start to plan a Makassed school that is different and can live another 131 years.

    think on it

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  2. Congratulations Rana for an excellent blog.
    Hopefully, this summer we'll have enough time to Enjoy your selections of articles.We want leadership articles, more and more :)
    President Amine, as you once said a school vision should continually be revisited and accordingly the school should develop its path. This is what we also believe.I'm sure with your support we can "plan a Makassed school that is different and can live another 131 years."

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  3. Dear Mrs Badawi

    You have not done too bad yourself

    YOU MADE A DIFFEENCE

    and the going is good at KSPS

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  4. Again Thank you Rana

    I am sure this assistance and exposure you are allowing the Educational Teams in Makassed will be MOST USEFUL as time goes along

    Keep it Up

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  5. Thank you Mr. President for all your support. You are really a transformational leader who always inspires us to look forward at Makassed as a different school and a learning organization.

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  6. Thank you Ghina.
    In fact, we should congratulate you for your great involvement in ERC.

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