ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a brief review of trends in the management of education in western countries. It shows that the school and the classroom have become the focus of educational reform, with energies increasingly devoted to improving the quality of learning and teaching. A useful way to synthesise the various practices and possibilities is to offer a vision of schooling for the start of the twenty-first century, with a focus on management to support quality of learning for all students. Schools soon accommodated to the concept of lifelong learning as parents – indeed, citizens of all ages – became involved. Gaining a shared commitment to a new vision for education, with its focus on the highest quality of learning for every student, is the challenge for instructional leaders in the years ahead. The chapter addresses the wider issue of evaluation of schools and teaching.
