TY - BOOK AU - Arcaro, Jerome S. TI - Quality in education: an implementation handbook SN - 1884015581 AV - LB 2805 .A6 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Delray Beach, Florida PB - St. Lucie Press KW - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Leadership -- 3. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education -- 4. TQM in Education -- 5. Quality -- 6. Examples of Quality Schools -- 7. TQM Implementation Wheel -- 8. Organizing for Quality -- 9. Creating Quality Task Teams -- 10. The Problem-Solving Cycle -- 11. Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques -- 12. Basic Problem-Solving Tools -- 13. Cost of Quality -- 14. Continuous Improvement -- 15. Conclusion N2 - Although hundreds of school improvement programs have been launched in the United States over the past quarter century, very few of them have been successful ER -