Document Type: Original Article
Authors
1 Educator of Ali ebn Abitaleb High school, Kerman Province, Rabor City, Iran
2 Chairman of Shahid Chamran High school, Kerman Province, Baft City, Iran
Abstract
Special education presents one of the major challenges facing school leaders in this era of comprehensive school reform. Today, schools must provide students with disabilities appropriate access to the general curriculum and effective instructional support. Student progress must be monitored closely and demonstrated through participation in assessment efforts. Research suggests that the principal’s role is pivotal in the special education process; however, few school leaders are well prepared for this responsibility. School leaders across the nation are exploring ways to better educate students and improve school performance. School-based management offers a way to promote improvement by decentralizing control from central district offices to individual school sites. It attempts to give school constituents administrators, teachers, parents and other community members more control over what happens in schools.
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