Systemwide reform : examining districts under pressure / guest editors, Alan J. Daly and Kara S. Finnigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daly, Alan J.

Finnigan, Kara S.

Series:

Journal of educational administration, 0957-8234 ; v. 51, no. 4 (2013)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

School improvement programs.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

p. 420-570.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford] : Emerald Insight, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ebook is the result of an American Educational Research Association (AERA) sponsored research conference award regarding district reform with participants representing the United States, Canada, and Europe. The articles focus on the role of district central office in school improvement and its relationship to high-stakes accountability policies centered in the U.S. context, with implications for systems across the globe. The work represents not only a variety of settings, but also a range of promising theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches including: organizational learning, learning communities, and social network theory and analysis. Moreover, in this ebook we aim to present not only rigorous studies, but work that also has direct relevance to practice. We also offer the reader three commentaries by well-regarded scholars who consider this work within a larger global context. As a way of introduction for this ebook, we first provide a broad overview of the field and rational for taking a systems approach to understanding the work of district improvement. We then conclude with a preview of the excellent work contained in this ebook.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Announcements

Guest editorial - Systemwide reform: examining districts under pressure

The reincarnation of the effective schools research: rethinking the literature on district effectiveness

Improving accountability through expanded measures of performance

Systemwide reform in districts under pressure

Portfolio district reform meets school turnaround

New York City's Children First Networks: turning accountability on its head

Districts, local education authorities, and the context of policy analysis

Diversity in the middle

Systemwide reform under pressure: a global perspective on learning and change.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78190-961-X

OCLC:

853239336