Re: Can you suggest first texts to read?

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>>> As a new member of the list feeling my way into the philosophy of Deeming
can anyone suggest one or two books I should read to start with?  I am a
teacher in an English Independent School and have a developing interest in
Educational Management.  I find the statistics tough going.

Les Hereward
Roehampton Institute, London.
Claremont Fan Court School, Esher, Surrey.  <<<

I suggest Orchestrating Learning With Quality by David P. Langford and 
Barbara A. Cleary.

Other excellent books to start with are: the Leader's Handbook; Free, 
Perfect, and Now; and Fourth Generation Management (especially good for 
explaining how non statisticians can use statistical thinking well).

            John Hunter
            Curious Cat Management Improvement Books
            http://www.curiouscat.com/management
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