The modernization of Islamic educational institutions: answering the challenges of Islamic education in the contemporary era

The ideal education will be difficult to materialize if the governance is not good quality. One of the important factors of good education management comes from the important role of the principal. Therefore, between quality education and education management must become one unit. The two of them go hand in hand in order to produce quality graduates. Principals of SD Muhammadiyah 3 Assalam and SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Malang have succeeded in modernizing their school management so that the quality of their graduates is highly competitive. The management is named "No Box" School Management, which in its application leaves the old tradition of thinking towards more progressive thinking. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach, by extracting data based on literature studies through a search engine, namely Google Scholar, to find relevant references, combined with interviews and in-depth observations. The research found that the implementation of school management modernization was able to boost the quality of graduates and increase the competitiveness of the institution