Feasibility of using school-based management in Tehran elementary schools: teachers\' views

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School-based management has certain prerequisites including accountability, responsibility, and professionalism of the staff, in addition to the financial feasibility. To assess the existence of such prerequisites from the perspective of teachers and principals, a categorical sampling method and a researcher constructed questionnaire were used to collect data. The results show that most teachers and principals consider their schools as being prepared to decentralize, cooperate, take charge, and make the curriculum more native and flexible. Although they considered their schools being ready to be accountable and responsible, when it came to taking financial charge, their view was not as positive.

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