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Sabine Ortner

School, a Buffet, Not a Set Menu

Sabine Ortner

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Ortner Education Publishing
15 March 2026
Organisation & management of education; Teaching skills & techniques
School, a Buffet, Not a Set Menu

Rethinking School Design and Educational Leadership for Relevance and Real Choice

Schools are under pressure. Standards rise. Expectations multiply. Reform cycles accelerate. Yet students disengage and teachers feel trapped between compliance and purpose.

What if the problem is not performance - but design?

Education - A Buffet, Not a Set Menu challenges the assumption that more regulation produces better outcomes. It argues that schools must be intentionally designed as structured, responsibility-driven environments where relevance is made visible and choice is meaningful.

This book offers:

- A clear framework for educational leadership

- A design-based approach to school structure

- A redefinition of responsibility within institutions

- A path toward coherence in complex systems

It is written for leaders who recognize that incremental reform is no longer enough.

Not a manifesto.

Not a collection of classroom tips.

A structural rethink of how schools operate.

For:

- Superintendents and school leaders

- Educational leadership students

- Policy professionals

- Reform-minded practitioners

If education is to remain credible in a rapidly changing world, it must be designed - not merely administered.
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Imprint:   Ortner Education Publishing
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   281g
ISBN:   9783950610000
ISBN 10:   3950610006
Pages:   238
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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