Lean innovation for school program improvement

Education must be reformed as soon as possible because school’s customers have changed fast caused by permanent turbulence and complexity. The school-customers’ preference changed based on both their milieu. Lean innovation, as a magic strategy, that was introduced by Sehested and Sonnenberg is very important to apply in school reformation. The aim of this research is to formulate effective strategies for improving the school. It is a qualitative research that researcher described the object intensively. The research finding is the state of Islamic high school Malang-East Java-Indonesia realized the educational activities to be several class programs. They are developed based on student centered and market driven. Consequently, school’s outcome must have a competence of knowledge and strategic skills. The writer recommended for other school use it for enhancing school quality.