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ERIC Number: EJ581593
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Why State Mandates Don't Work.
Kelly, Thomas F.
Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n7 p543-44,546 Mar 1999
No external force or authority can make an organization excellent. Leadership's role is to persuade an organization's members to strive for excellence. This explains the failure of coercive state mandates for teacher evaluation, testing, academic standards, and foreign-language requirements. A new leadership model is desperately needed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Leadership Responsibility, Resistance to Change, State Legislation, Teacher Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Coercive Behavior; Deming (W Edwards); Mandated Tests