A geology of school reform : the successive restructurings of a school district / Liane Brouillette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brouillette, Liane, 1947-

Series:

SUNY series, restructuring and school change.

SUNY series, restructuring and school change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School-based management--United States--Case studies.

School-based management.

Educational change--United States--Case studies.

Educational change.

School districts--United States--Administration--Case studies.

School districts.

Physical Description:

xiii, 251 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Summary:

Provides a rare look at how successive waves of educational reforms have interacted within a single school district. A Geology of School Reform provides a rare look at how successive waves of reform have interacted within a single school district. Among the questions raised are: Which practices proved destructive to the learning of students and the morale of teachers? What innovations have practitioners kept despite changes in educational fashion? The Cottonwood School District, which began as two rural schoolhouses in the early 1950s, is followed through the experiments of the 1960s; the back-to-basics movements of the 1970s; and the innovations of the 1980s. The successive waves of reform had different meanings for various professional and community groups within this culturally diverse district. Educators, enmeshed in the priorities of previous reforms, often resisted subsequent changes. Although the differences that arose between them and their communities sometimes required facilitators to assist communication, collaborative decision making has helped Cottonwood to deal with these changes. Liane Brouillette is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies at the University of Houston.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Now . . . and Then: A Change in Perspective

3. Back When All This was Farmland: The Administration of Ed Larimer, 1953-1972

4. Management and Learning by Objectives: The Administration of Bill Davis, 1972-1982

5. New Kinds of Accountability: Negotiating the Process of Reform

6. Implementing the New Curriculum Framework: The Dynamics of Change

7. Differing Paths Taken under Site-Based Management: The Cottonwood High Schools

8. Shared Decision-Making at the District Level: Limitations Inherent in the Social Context

9. Differing Perspectives on the Purpose of Schooling

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-244) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9771-2

OCLC:

923396950