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When Principals Can Be Entrepreneurs, Schools ImproveDecentralization offers politically feasible reform model Written By: Lisa Snell Published In: School Reform News Publication Date: December 1, 2003 Publisher: The Heartland Institute If principals were put in charge of their individual schools and allowed to run them as small businesses, is it likely the schools would be more successful than if the schools and their resources were directed by a central office?After studying a variety of public and Catholic school systems in North America, UCLA Professor of Management William G. Ouchi concludes in a new book that decentralized school systems run more...

Recently I have had the privilege of embarking upon a guided tour of one of Illinois Tool Works’ 600 mini-companies, a strap manufacturing plant near the company’s headquarters in Glenview, Illinois. Signode Strap, a product invented within a firm owned by ITW, is the most prevalent of its sort in the market. It is furnished of entirely recyclable materials (pop bottle remnants) into gargantuan plastic sheets that are conveyed through rollers at phenomenal temperatures of over 300 degrees Fahrenheit. I was able to observe the plastic rolled into colossal coils, then unwound again to be sliced into uniform strips, while...

Over the years, the concept of republicanism has been diluted by overt abuse of its name. I will seek to correct some of the misconceptions about this concept within this document. Please be sure to read the Disclaimers at the end of this document before sending me hate mail. What is "Little-R" republicanism? True republicanism (which I will refer to as Little-R republicanism) is the concept that decentralizes government power as much as possible, to the point of allowing local governments to have greater control over their citizens than central governments. It can also be called government by Local Rule....