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This study sought to identify the educational crises and the manner of their management according to school principals. To that end, the researchers used the qualitative approach and made interviews with a sample of 50 male and female school principals. The population of the study consisted of 196 male principals and 186 female principals. The study was conducted in the northern governorates of Palestine in 2008-2009. After data collection and analysis, the study arrived at the following findings. It was found that the educational crises in the public schools in northern Palestine were of two types: general and special. The general crises included the Israeli occupation, curriculum, teachers, students, relationship with the local community and the school building. The special crises were related to each directorate alone. It was also found that the secondary school principals at public schools used traditional methods and positional leadership in their management of crises in an attempt to control the crises as much as possible, keep them confidential and settle them down as quickly as possible. It was also found that the principals believed that they needed wider powers especially when they wanted to manage crises without the need to go back to the education directorate once a crisis occurs. They also called for the neutralization of Palestinian schools from party and political differences and conflicts. In the light of these study findings, the researchers suggested the following. First, the ministry of education should establish a crises management unit at the ministry, a crises management department at each education directorate and a crises management team in each school. Second, training programs for management of crisis should be organized for school principals to allow them to make use of modern techniques, and the internet and develop school building specifications. Third, cross sections of the local community need to be involved in crises planning and management. Finally, schools should be neutralized from all forms of conflicts and differences, party or political or family, due to their destructive negative effects on the course of education in Palestine.