Dutch boards governing multiple schools: navigating between autonomy and expectations

Public Boards Governing Corporately

Clusterschemes in Dutch Secondary Schools Clusterschemes in Dutch Secondary Schools

The first step in constructing timetables in secondary schools in Netherlands consists of constructing the clusterschemes for the higher classes. A clusterscheme contains clusterlines with optional subjects that will be taught in parallel; the problem is to divide these optional subjects in clusterlines, such that the number of hours needed is as low as possible. We describe an efficient branch...

Differences in Educational Production Between Dutch Public and Religious Schools

A common finding in the economic literature on schooling effectiveness is the phenomenon of better performance by religious, and more precisely Catholic, schools in terms of scholastic achievement, educational attainment and measurable labor market outcomes (i.e. subsequent employment status and wages). While the majority of this research in the economic sciences stems from the US, fueling the ...

Getting boards on board: engaging governing boards in quality and safety.

BACKGROUND As hospitals seek to drive rapid quality improvement, boards have an opportunity-and a significant responsibility--to make better quality of care the organization's top priority. INTERVENTION "Six things all boards should do to improve quality and reduce harm" are recommended: (1) setting aims--set a specific aim to reduce harm this year; make an explicit, public commitment to meas...

Governing boards and profound organizational change in hospitals.

Over the past decade the importance of governing boards as policy-making setting and oversight units within organizations has increased dramatically. Although this is true for both corporate- and private-sector organizations (Bacon and Brown 1977; Gelman 1988), it is particularly relevant to the health sector. Hospital governing boards, long considered inconsequential in hospital management, ha...