Pendidikan dasar merupakan fondasi bagi sumberdaya manusia suatu bangsa.Artinya, jika warga bangsa mengenyam pendidikan dasar yang bermutu, maka warga bangsa tersebut berpotensi menjadi sumber daya manusia yang diandalkan dan sebaliknya.Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan apakah manajemen sekolah dasar yang ada selama ini sudah mendukung pendidikan dasar yang berkualitas. Melalui observasi dan survey terhadap 50 sekolah dasar di Bogor dan survey terhadap 100 guru diperoleh fakta bahwa secara umum manajemen pendidikan sekolah dasar, khsususnya di Bogor sudah berjalan dengan baik. Namun demikian terdapat hal-hal yang krusial dalam pelaksanaan manajemen sekolah dasar yang perlu diperbaiki sehingga Indonesia mampu menghadapi tantangan globalisasi.

Kata kunci: globalisasi, mutu sekolah dasar, manajemen sekolah dasar

Abstract

Primary education is the foundation of human resources development of a nation. It means that if the citizens in a nation acquires quality primary education, they  are potentialy  to become reliable human resources and this fact applies vice versa. This article aims to describe whether the educational management in state primary schools has so far been supporting the quality primary education. The observation on 50 state primary schools in Bogor and survey to 100 state primary school teachers revealed that in general, the educational management of primary education especially in Bogor has been going well. However, there are things that are crucial in primary educational management that need to be improved so that Indonesia will be able to face the challenges of globalization.

Keywords: globalization, quality of primary education, primary educational management.