A needle in a haystack: a search for value for money in turn-around strategies for schools in difficult circumstances

Khupe, Constance; Balkwill, K.; Osman, Ruksana; Cameron, Ann

doi:10.1080/00131881.2013.801243

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“…On the other hand, the assumption of efficiency cannot be equated with cheap terminology. Many previous studies have indicated that the budget for the implementation of education requires a large allocation of funds because, in fact, the budget required to produce quality education is expensive and has complex outcomes in measuring its success [18][19][20][21]. Therefore, in addition to budget evaluation must be carried out by an independent unit, the budget evaluation must also be carried out with broad and measurable indicators related to the achievement of educational goals, not solely on the number of funds spent.…”

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Education Financing Governance in Pesantren

Ramdhansyah¹,

Darma²,

Siregar³

2022

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Strategic Issues on Economics, Business And, Education (ICoSIEBE 2021)

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This study aims to 1) Identify the problems of financing education in Islamic Boarding School (in Bahasa: Pesantren) and 2) Identify the factors that cause problems in the education financing governance in Pesantren. This research was conducted using qualitative methods through in-depth interviews. The research subjects were Pesantren in Deli Serdang with criteria for large, medium, and small sizes. The results of the interviews were transcribed, reduced, and analyzed theoretically. The results indicate that there are still limitations in the management of education financing, especially in implementing good governance. These limitations result in weak Pesantren funding, resource capacity, and competitiveness. Therefore, Pesantren need to formulate a framework and implement the values of good governance in managing their education financing to achieve a competitive advantage.

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Education Financing Governance in Pesantren

Ramdhansyah¹,

Darma²,

Siregar³

2022

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Strategic Issues on Economics, Business And, Education (ICoSIEBE 2021)

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“…The first assumption of school effectiveness is that the core business of schools is teaching and learning, and, as such, the quality of a school is best judged by the quality of teaching and learning (Dimmock, 2000;Kuphe et al, 2013). Other aspects such as principal leadership are considered supportive and secondary in importance by comparison (Day et al, 2009).…”

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Strategies that can Improve Student Performance in the School-Leaving Examinations in Lesotho

Lekhetho

2013

MJSS

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Despite the endless efforts by the Lesotho government and various stakeholders to improve student outcomes in secondary schools, particularly in the school-leaving examinations, the failure rate remains stubbornly high, resulting in high wastage rate. The study adopted a quantitative approach, using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to gather data from 808 participants who included students, teachers, principals, school board members, school inspectors and education secretaries on the strategies that can be used to improve student performance in the school-leaving examinations. Simple descriptive statistics, mainly frequency counts and percentages are used to report the results. To improve academic performance the respondents suggested that there should be collaborative determination of teachers and students, a culture of speaking English at school, regular attendance of classes by teachers, the principal's purposeful leadership and decisiveness in maintaining order and discipline, and student selectivity to ensure that good students are selected at entry levels.

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“…There are various factors linked to underachievement in mathematics and science which may stem from the socio-economic status of the schools and learners including historical and current conditions (Rhodes & Brudrett, 2009;Visser, Juan & Feza, 2015;Govender, Grobler & Mestry, 2015). Some of socio-historical factors have had an enduring impact on science and mathematics achievement in stratified societies such as South Africa (Khupe, Balkwill, Osman, & Cameron, 2013). Some schools in deprived communities are characterised by poor learner attainments as may be compared to schools in more affluent communities.…”

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School leadership practices for science and mathematics in high-stakes testing environments: An integrated school leadership approach

Tsakeni

Jita

2019

PiE

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High school science and mathematics achievements in high-stakes testing environments are often characterised by poor performance and reduced participation by learners. The poor performance and reduced participation by learners in science and mathematics is often on the school improvement agendas. Making sense of how to improve learner achievements in science and mathematics is a school leadership function in addition to being a function of classroom practice. This study used an integrated model of school leadership to explore how a Pretoria high school made sense of how to achieve and maintain high learner performance in science and mathematics under the pressures of high-stakes testing. The single case study was purposely selected for consistently achieving high learner performance in science and mathematics. Narratives were elicited from conveniently selected positional leaders, a science teacher and a mathematics teacher. The study highlights integrated school leadership practices for resource and material mobilisation, fit-for-purpose teacher professional development and cultivation of a school culture defined by attitudes, values and work ethics to achieve and maintain high performance is science and mathematics. A recommendation for a further study is made.

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A needle in a haystack: a search for value for money in turn-around strategies for schools in difficult circumstances

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Education Financing Governance in Pesantren

Education Financing Governance in Pesantren

Stakeholder Perspectives on Strategies that can Improve Student Performance in the School-Leaving Examinations in Lesotho

School leadership practices for science and mathematics in high-stakes testing environments: An integrated school leadership approach

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