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Summary
Summary
Restructuring Schools provides administrators, state policymakers, teachers, and other educators with an understanding of what can and cannot be achieved through particular restructuring efforts and of the role they can play as individuals to make such efforts succeed.
Author Notes
RICHARD F. ELMORE is professor of education and chairman of programs in administration, planning, and social policy at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
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Professors from the Center for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) have collaborated on a comprehensive examination of the underlying issues involved in the US debate on educational reform. CPRE is a unique consortium of four institutions: the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, the University of Wisconsin--Madison, Stanford University, and Michigan State University. The authors analyze the efforts and the sometimes conflicting proposals for three of the areas involved in the most common types of changes recommended in school restructuring: teaching and learning in schools, conditions of teachers' work in schools, and the governance and incentive structures under which schools operate. Among the problems addressed are outdated curricula in a technological society, unresponsive school bureaucracies, and high turnover of teachers. Written for several audiences, this will be a valuable addition to undergraduate libraries for aspiring teachers and social or political science majors. -J. C. Baxter, Northeastern Illinois University
Table of Contents
| 1 Introduction: On Changing the Structure of Public SchoolsRichard F. Elmore |
| Part 1 Approaches to Restructuring Schools |
| 2 Applying Conceptions of Teaching to Organizational ReformBrian Rowan |
| 3 Fostering Teacher Professionalism in SchoolsGary Sykes |
| 4 Organizing Schools to Encourage Teacher InquiryHAndrik D. Gideonse |
| 5 Redesigning Teachers' WorkSusan Moore Johnson |
| 6 Rethinking School GovernanceMary Anne Raywid |
| Part 2 New Roles and Responsibilities for the District and State |
| 7 Restructuring in Progress: Lessons from Pioneering DistrictsJane L. David |
| 8 Key Issues Confronting State PolicymakersMichael Cohen |
| 9 Conclusion: Toward a Transformation of Public SchoolingRichard F. Elmore |
