Using Advanced Models of Restructuring an Education Network: the Karelian Experience

The article analyzes the restructuring of the education network in Karelia. It describes the advanced models of restructuring that were used. It presents in detail the strategy employed in the republic, including the following:the integration of 18 individual municipal projects of new education network construction based on the use of general principles of strategic planning;the extensive use of the resource base provided by regional government and communal bodies;the use of new management techniques and joint management methods by government and community bodies;modernization of the training of educators and managers;decentralization of management.It is shown in the article that the success of the restructurization of education in Karelia is due to the in-depth analysis of the social and economic development based on detailed social, geographic and demographic surveys.