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‘Good to Great’ author Jim Collins: How to have great schools

February 25, 2013 /

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The most important factor influencing a school’s success isn’t class size, length of the school day, or other reforms, says researcher and author Jim Collins–it’s having a great leader at the helm.

Speaking at the American Association of School Administrators’ National Conference on Education Feb. 21, Collins told the superintendents in attendance that the best thing they could do to improve their schools was to make sure every principal is a top-notch leader. He also explained the characteristics that make a leader "great."

Collins is the best-selling author of Good to Great, Built to Last, and other books exploring the factors that are most responsible for companies’ sustained success, and he said these same factors also apply to schools. But that doesn’t mean reformers who seek to adopt a more businesslike approach to education are correct, he cautioned.

By Dennis Pierce

Full Story: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/02/22/good-to-great-author-how-to-have-great-schools/?ps=207479-0013000000j13I7-0033000000qi9AL

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