Excellent curriculum management will produce excellent quality graduates so that new values and services are continuously created so that human life is more harmonious and sustainable and can become a driving force for society 5.0, a super-intelligent society. SDN 2 Tanjung and SD SILN Kuala Lumpur are excellent schools but have different backgrounds and atmospheres. SDN 2 Tanjung is an Indonesian school located in the country, while SD SILN Kuala Lumpur is abroad. There are striking

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... in the background of the atmosphere, so the context in this excellent school research will contain two cases of schools with different backgrounds. This study aims to describe the management of a excellent school curriculum, which will contain two cases. The research used is qualitative with the type of multi-case study. The research instrument is the researcher himself. Data collection using in-depth interviews. Participation observation and documentation. Research respondents use key informants with the snowball sampling technique. The data in this study were collected with guide interviews, observation, and documentation which included curriculum management consisting of planning consisting of 10 items, implementation consisting of 11 items, the assessment system consisting of 6 items, and teacher professional development as curriculum implementer consisting of 2 items. The data analysis technique used the Miles & Huberman (1992) model. The validity of the data used the criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The study concludes that the management of the excellent school curriculum at SDN 2 Tanjung is by internalizing culture, while the curriculum management of the SILN Kuala Lumpur Elementary School is by harmonizing the curriculum.