Some behaviors that deviate from students are already at a very alarming level, bad or deviant behavior from students is very troubling and can change the personality and identity of students, these people are left and difficulties in tackling torture behavior and morals of students will have a negative impact on the environment the student itself. Seeing various behaviors that arise regarding the behavior and morals of students so far, as well as discussing the learning process in schools, as a form of effort to cultivate personality, morality, and knowledge towards students, the roles that are greater than the delivery of education in schools, especially teacher as leader in class, success or failure Character education instilled in students is very dependent on the ability of teachers to manage the learning process in school. For this reason, the researchers wanted to know, study and analyze character education in schools, and also the readiness of teachers for education in schools, which would compare the readiness of teachers in management of education in public schools with special religious schools (Madrasa). The analysis uses inference analysis, namely analysis with simple regression techniques. From this study it was found that management of education has an influence on student morals, and also the ability and morals of students towards student learning in school. Thus, it can be said that the management of character education carried out in schools will be borne and the morals of students, this will be related to student achievement itself. Keywords. Management, character education, school, madrasa, student achievement.

This study intends to assess the implementation of policies in high-performance schools (HPS). One hundred fifty-two administrators in 52 HPS were selected using full sampling. Only two factors serve as contributors in knowledge management model for high-performing schools in Malaysia, which were school culture and school strategy. Whereas the correlation indicated that all 10 factors, namely, mission and vision, school strategy, school culture, intellectual modal, learning organization, leadership management, teamwork and learning community, knowledge sharing, new knowledge generation, and digital advancement, have significant relationships with the understanding of knowledge management, at different levels.

This study was to examine the implementation of character education in schools based on an teacher understanding, in this study using quantitative analysis with descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, T-test analysis and regression analysis. This study was conducted to teachers in MTs (Madrasah Tsanawiyah) in the city of Serang, Banten, Indonesia, in research used the instrument as a means of collecting research data. From this study it can be concluded that teacher' understanding and character education has the stage is high, there is no difference in the understanding of teachers and character education by teachers, as well as the has correlation between teachers' understanding with character education in schools, as well as a model and positive relationship between the teachers' understanding and character education in schools. Thus improving character education in schools is very dependent on the readiness of teachers to understand an educational activity.

The purpose of this study is to determine the contribution of principal transformational leadership, teaching performance of teachers, and the learning culture towards achievement of madrasah aliyah. Correlational survey is used as the method of the research with 274 sample of teachers .The sampling techniques used are area sampling, proportional sampling and random sampling. Questionnaire used as the instrument to be analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of this study indicate: 1) the level of achievement of the madrasah, principal transformational leadership, teaching performance of teachers and learning culture is good; 2) transformational principal leadership contributes positively and significantly towards achievement of madrasah aliyah; 3) teacher performance in teaching contributes positively and significantly towards achievement of madrasah aliyah; 4) learning culture contributes positively and significantly towards achievement of madrasah aliyah: 5) transformational principal leadership, teacher performance in teaching and learning culture contribute positively and significantly towards achievement of madrasah aliyah. Accordingly, increasing the principal transformational leadership, teaching performance of teachers and the culture of learning leads to the improvement of madrasah achievement.Keywords: achievement of madrasah aliyah, principal transformational leadership, teaching performance of teachers, the culture of learning, assesment Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk menganalisis kontribusi kepemimpinan transformasional kepala madrasah, kinerja mengajar guru, dan kultur belajar terhadap prestasi madrasah aliyah. Metodologi penelitian ini menggunakan survei dengan pendekatan korelasional. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 274 guru dengan teknik pengambilan area sampling, proportional sampling, dan random sampling. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan angket dan analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensial. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) tingkat prestasi madrasah, kepemimpinan transformasional kepala madrasah, kinerja mengajar guru dan kultur belajar berada pada kategori baik; 2) kepemimpinan transformasional kepala madrasah berkontribusi positif dan signifikan terhadap prestasi madrasah aliyah; 3) kinerja mengajar guru berkontribusi positif terhadap prestasi madrasah aliyah; 4) kultur belajar berkontribusi positif dan signifikan terhadap prestasi madrasah aliyah; 5) kepemimpinan transformasional kepala madrasah, kinerja mengajar guru dan kultur belajar berkontribusi positif dan signifikan terhadap prestasi madrasah aliyah. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa peningkatan kepemimpinan transformasional kepala madrasah, kinerja mengajar guru, dan kultur belajar meningkatkan prestasi madrasah aliyah. Kata kunci: prestasi madrasah aliyah, kepemimpinan transformasional, kinerja guru, budaya belajar, penilaian Jurnal Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Vol. 20, Nomor 2, Juni 2014 Pendahuluan Madrasah merupakan suatu lembaga p...

This research aimed to determine contributors of performance within the vicinity of knowledge management and organizational learning aspects in all 52 High Performing Schools in Malaysia. Purposive full sampling technique was employed and 127 out of 132 respondents consisted of national school headmasters or principals and senior assistant teachers have responded to the distributed questionnaires. The research instrument was developed from 3 theories, namely the theory by Sallis and Jones (2002), Bruce Britton (1998), and Satyendra Singh, Yolande Chan and James McKeen (2006). With the Cronbach’s Alpha value at .965, the obtained data was analyzed by using multiple regression analyses. From the results obtained, 8 predictors were found to be from knowledge management and another 15 from organizational learning. In terms of the assembling element within the capability factor; support culture, communication system and learning application were the contributors towards the performance of high performing schools. Knowledge creation, support culture and integration to strategy were the contributors for the integration element while organizational culture, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, external learning and organizational memory were found to be the contributors. For the factor of innovation agility; intellectual asset, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, external learning, mechanism, integration to strategy and learning application were the contributors. Lastly, for competitive actions; intellectual asset, support culture, external learning, integration to strategy and learning application were the contributors towards the performance of high performing schools.