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Title:	*Recreating Blackness-as-Failure Through EducationalReform? A Case Study of a* California Partnership Academy .
Authors:	Staiger, Annegret 1 staiger@clarkson.edu
Source:	Equity & Excellence in Education; Feb2005, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p35, 14p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* AFRICAN Americans * EDUCATIONAL change * ETHNOLOGY * HISPANIC Americans * PEOPLE with social disabilities * VOCATIONAL education
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6115 Technical and Trade Schools
Abstract:	Vocational *educational* has long struggled with a reputation as a lower track and dead end for socially disadvantaged populations. Since the alarm call in the 1980s about the “forgotten half,&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; significant efforts have been expended to develop *reform* programs that provide disadvantaged populations viable options that would enhance their academic and economic prospects. However, considering the fact that such *reform* programs consist of a disproportionate numbers of Latinos and African Americans, how do we know that such *reforms* are not reproducing structures of racial domination? This article, an ethnographic study of a promising vocational education *reform, examines race-making in the institutional organization, the representational practices, and the perspectives of students and teachers inside and outside this reform* program. I argue that although the academy was a success story to some extent, it encountered negative stereotypes from its host school, while indirectly producing conditions that racially stigmatized its population. This poses questions about racial equity and the role of the institutional culture of the host school in implementing vocational *reform* programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Division of Liberal Arts at Clarkson University
ISSN:	1066-5684
DOI:	10.1080/10665680590910860
Accession Number:	16606761
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Title:	In Push for Small Schools, Other Schools Suffer.
Authors:	Herszenhorn, David M.
Source:	New York Times; 1/14/2005 , Vol. 154 Issue 53094, pA1, 2p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * PUBLIC schools
Geographic Terms:	NEW York (N.Y.) NEW York (State)
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
People:	BLOOMBERG, Michael
Abstract:	Reports on the impact of the effort of Mayor Michael Bloomberg for *educationalreform*** on A. Philip Randolph Campus High School in New York City . Increase in misbehavior and violence along with the level of school enrollment; Deterioration of the academic program with the reduction in honors classes and electives; Safety concern about the school environment.
ISSN:	0362-4331
Accession Number:	15849313
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Title:	Inferring Adequate Yearly Progress of Schools from Student Achievement in Highly Mobile Communities.
Authors:	Offenberg, Robert M. 1 roffenbe@phila.k12.pa.us
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; 2004, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p337, 19p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	ACADEMIC achievement EDUCATION, Elementary EDUCATIONAL change PUBLIC schools SCHOOL children SCHOOL management & organization SCHOOLS STUDENT mobility
Geographic Terms:	PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA ( Pa. ) UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 611 Educational Services
Abstract:	Many attempts at educational reform, among them No Child Left Behind and a recent Philadelphia effort, assume that the quality of the educational programs being offered by schools can be inferred from the achievements of the children who attend them. This article explores the reasonableness of this assumption for Philadelphia public schools by following a cohort of students for 3 years after the completion of est grade, when most students would conclude 4th grade. It examines the rates of school-to-school mobility and exit from schools. Using a family of hierarchical models, it explores how est-grade report card marks predict the odds and character of within-district school-to-school transfers, and the odds of student exits from the public schools. The analyses then examine the effects of two est-grade school-community variables, a poverty index and a performance index, on the mobility of students. The study found high mobility prevalent in most schools. Moreover, combinations of student and school-community variables typically associated with the need for school improvement were present at schools with the highest mobility rates. The article concludes that a policy of inferring the success of school-based educational endeavors from school-level statistics can often be invalid in urban school districts due to student mobility, with the risk of error likely to be the greatest al the schools where reform is most needed and No Child Left Behind sanctions are most likely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Accountability, Assessment, and Evaluation: Research and Evaluation School District of Philadelphia
ISSN:	1082-4669
Accession Number:	*14593558*
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Title:	Transfer of Standards-Based Education in Rural Alaska *: An Analysis of the Politics of Educational* Transfer in the Tikishla School District** .
Authors:	Jester, Timothy E. 1
Source:	Teachers College Record; Apr2005, Vol. 107 Issue 4, p862, 32p, 2 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning * SCHOOL districts
Geographic Terms:	ALASKA
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	This article examines the politics of *educational* transfer in a rural Alaskan school district with schools in two Alaska Native villages and one non-Native community. The author examines why and how the district imported standards-based education. While the district presented its reform as a rational, consensus-driven policy process, this conventional version of the reform was disrupted by the superintendent's utilization of political strategies that promoted his personal agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 <sup>1</sup>University of Alaska Anchorage
ISSN:	0161-4681
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9620.2005.00497.x
Accession Number:	16480030
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Title:	Effects of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Elementary School Standards Reform in an Underperforming California District.
Authors:	Mason, Bryce 1 Mason, DeWayne A. 2 Mendez, Memo 2 Nelsen, Gregg 2 Orwig, Russ 2
Source:	Elementary School Journal; Mar2005, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p353, 24p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ECONOMETRICS * EDUCATION -- Curricula * EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATION, Elementary * EDUCATIONAL change * ELEMENTARY schools * MATHEMATICS * READING (Elementary) * SCHOOL children Study & teaching (Elementary)
Geographic Terms:	CALIFORNIA
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools
Abstract:	In this article we described how an underperforming school district used research and theory on curriculum, assessment, implementation, and school and classroom organization to develop and implement district standards and improve the achievement of elementary school students. Key reforms included teachers developing essential curriculum standards, standards-based criterion-referenced tests, and standards-based extended learning opportunities. Teachers rated the reform efforts positively and reported a high likelihood of implementation. Using California Department of Education data, we employed Econometric analyses to estimate program effects for the district's elementary school from 1999 to 2002. A difference-of-differences model estimated 10 of 16 positive and significant effects on grades 2 to 5 SAT9 scaled score mathematics achievement, ranging from .2σ to .7σ. The same model applied to reading scores showed 12 of 16 insignificant or negative grade-level effects. As predicted, however, second and third graders in 2002—those students who had 3 and 4 years of exposure to the program exclusively—experienced only positive (4 of 4) and mostly significant (3 of 4) reading and mathematics effects. Results may guide district administrators implementing standards or comprehensive school reforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School 2 Jurupa Unified School District , Riverside , CA
ISSN:	0013-5984
Accession Number:	16574959
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Title:	Whatever Happened To the Model Schools Project?
Authors:	Keefe, James W. 1 Amenta, Robert B. 2
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Mar2005, Vol. 86 Issue 7, p536, 9p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Curricula * EDUCATION -- History * EDUCATION -- Societies, etc. * EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * NONPROFIT organizations * SCHOOL environment * SCHOOL management & organization Aims & objectives
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools 92311 Administration of Education Programs
People:	TRUMP, J. Lloyd
Abstract:	Focuses on the history of school reform in the United States and argues that contemporary school standards are not being set in the best interest of students. The school renewal program, Model Schools Project (MSP), that was sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP); The role of J. Lloyd Trump as a reformer in the second half of the 20th century; The stance of the Learning Environments Consortium (LEC) International nonprofit organization and the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) on school design; Factors contributing to organizational *change* with the goal of improving secondary education through student-engaged learning; The MSP influence in the areas of teacher's, student's, and principal's roles, shared management, school schedule, curriculum design, personalization, school culture and climate, evaluation, and school structure; The legacies of the Trump Plan and the MSP.
Author Affiliations:	1 President of the Learning Environments Consortium International 2 Associate professor of education and director of *educational* administration, California Lutheran University , Thousand Oaks
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	16314588
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Title:	The Road to Reform.
Authors:	Merrill, Nancy jammn@tx3.com Lundsgaard, Nancy nancylun@u.washington.edu
Source:	American School Board Journal; Feb2005, Vol. 192 Issue 2, p21, 3p, 1c
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * GRANTS-in-aid * HIGH schools * SCHOOL boards
Geographic Terms:	WASHINGTON (State) ENUMCLAW (Wash.)
Abstract:	Discusses the leadership practices that helped the school board in Enumclaw , Washington to implement a high school reform. Significance of setting up a vision for schools in applying for an improvement grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Information on the establishment of a variety of committees for the high school reform; Advantage of the involvement of community to the high school reform. INSET: Enumclaw reform.
ISSN:	0003-0953
Accession Number:	15566109
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Title:	Comprehensive School Reform in New Jersey : Waxing and Waning Support for Model Implementation.
Authors:	Erlichson, Bari Anhalt 1 bari@erlichson.net
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; Jan2005, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p11, 22p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- Finance * EDUCATIONAL change * FINANCE * PUBLIC institutions * SCHOOLS
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services 712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions 611 Educational Services
Abstract:	In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered schools in 30 urban school districts to adopt comprehensive school reform (CSR) models as a part of the long-running Abbott v. Burke school finance case. Five years later, the Court would relax that mandate, resulting in a major education policy shift as the New Jersey Department of Education formally released many schools from the model requirement and did not enforce the mandate on others. This article describes New Jersey 's experience with CSR, the challenges to its implementation, and the circumstances that led to its near abandonment as a policy direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University .
ISSN:	1082-4669
DOI:	10.1207/s15327671espr1001_2
Accession Number:	15696894
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Title:	State Reform Policies and the Task Textbooks Pose for First-Grade Readers.
Authors:	Hiebert, Elfrieda H. 1
Source:	Elementary School Journal; Jan2005, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p245, 22p, 3 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * READERS (Primary) * READING * SCHOOL children * TEXTBOOKS * U.S. states
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Since the late 1980s, reading reform efforts in California and Texas have led to *changes* in beginning reading textbooks. This article examines the effects of these policies on the task that current (2000/2001) texts pose for beginning readers. I begin by reviewing trends in textbooks over the past 80 years and continue by identifying cognitive and linguistic dimensions of the beginning reading task. These dimensions, such as word repetition, are used to describe the beginning reading task of current and historical textbooks. Analyses showed that 41% of the unique words in current textbooks appear once in 10 consecutive texts. Further, between 1962 and 2000, the number of unique words increased substantially, whereas word repetition was curtailed. One conclusion from these data is that current entry-level first graders are expected to acquire new words at the same pace as exiting second graders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 University of California , Berkeley
ISSN:	0013-5984
Accession Number:	15715626
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Title:	Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel.
Authors:	Grubb, W. Norton 1 Lazerson, Marvin 2
Source:	Journal of Higher Education; Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p1, 25p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CAREER education * CURRICULUM change * CURRICULUM planning * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATION, Higher * EDUCATIONAL change * INFORMATION technology * LABOR supply * MORAL education * PROFESSIONAL education * TECHNICAL education * VOCATIONAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61171 Educational Support Services 61143 Professional and Management Development Training 61151 Technical and Trade Schools
Abstract:	Presents an essay on vocationalism in higher education. The shift from moral to vocational education; Background on the Education Gospel which prompted *changes* in higher education to address the changing work force needs created by the information technology age; Increased focus on vocational purposes of education; Consideration of how higher education converted to occupational or professional education; Argument of the authors that vocationalism is now so deeply embedded in American higher eduction that it cannot be wished away; *Educational* reforms which need to focus on ways to integrate vocational purposes with broader civic, intellectual and moral goals.
Author Affiliations:	1 Graduate School of Education, University of California , Berkeley 2 Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
ISSN:	0022-1546
Accession Number:	15330123
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Title:	Test Mess 2: Are We Doing Better a Year Later?
Authors:	Goldberg, Mark
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Jan2005, Vol. 86 Issue 5, p389, 7p, 1bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* DROPOUTS * EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL accountability * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation -- United States * GRADE repetition * PUBLIC schools * ALTERNATIVE assessment (Education) * STANDARDIZED tests
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Offers an update in the debate for and against testing and accountability in America 's public schools. Issues that are being debated which include objections to the tests and the lack of funding to support federal mandates; U.S. Department of Education which has been forced to compromise on some of the No Child Left Behind Act mandates and is under pressure to back down more; Comments on the tests and if they are conceived as worthwhile; How many thousands of public schools will get failing grades under the new regulations; Discussion on the dropout rates and test administration scandals; Search for an improvement in the ability to avoid test problems; Thoughts on the role of grade retention over the past year; Conclusions and predictions.
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	15611502
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Title:	The CIERA SchoolChange Framework: An evidence-based approach to professional development and school reading improvement.
Authors:	Taylor, Barbara M. 1 bmtaylor@umn.edu Pearson, P. David 2 ppearson@socrates.berkeley.edu Peterson, Debra S. 1 debra.s.peterson-2@umn.edu Rodriguez, Michael C. 1 mcrdz@umn.edu
Source:	Reading Research Quarterly; Jan-Mar2005, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p40, 30p, 18 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ACADEMIC achievement * EDUCATIONAL change * LITERACY programs * READING comprehension * EDUCATIONAL programs
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract (English):	THE PURPOSE of this naturalistic experiment was to discover the operative elements of an evidence-based reform effort that accounted for growth in student achievement. The reform was implemented in 13 schools around the United States over the course of two years. The authors studied the impact of both school-level programmatic elements and classroom-level curricular and pedagogical practices. Evidence played a role in two distinct ways: (a) in the research base that staff members were encouraged to consult to shape their local reform efforts and (b) in the data they were provided at key points concerning their progress in shaping the schoolwide reading program, altering classroom teaching practices, and improving student scores on a range of outcome measures. Through HLM analyses of school-level and classroom-level variables, the authors found that success in implementing the reform explained a small but significant proportion of the between school variance in reading growth (as measured by comprehension and fluency scores) when looking across a given year, but it explained a substantial proportion of the between school variance in reading comprehension growth when looking across a two-year period. The teachers in the high-reform-effort schools used more research-based reading instruction practices than teachers in the low-reform-effort schools and made more *changes* in the direction of research-based practice. Differences between the high-reform-effort and low-reform-effort schools in implementing the various components of the school *change* framework are discussed in light of the broader research in school reform and national and state policies regarding school *change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR*]
Abstract (German):	DER SINN dieses naturalistischen Experimentes galt dem Entdecken der operativen Elemente einer evidenzbasierten Reformbemhung, die ber den Leistungszuwachs bei Schlern Rechenschaft ablegte. Die Reform wurde im Laufe von zwei Jahren in 13 Schulen quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten ausgefhrt. Die Autoren studierten jeweils die Auswirkung von programmatischen Elementen bezogen auf Schulebene und lehrplanerischen und pdagogischen Praktiken auf Klassenraumebene. Evidenz spielte eine Rolle auf zwei bestimmte Weisen: (a) in der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsgrundlage, welche die Mitarbeiter zu konsultieren ermutigt wurden, um ihre lokalen Reformbemhungen darauf abzustimmen, und (b) in den Daten, mit denen sie bei Schlsselpunkten ihrer Fortschritte bei der Gestaltung des schulweiten Leseprogrammes versorgt wurden, beim Verndern der Unterrichtspraktiken im Klassenraum und im Verbessern der Leistungsergebnisse der Schler im Rahmen einer Reihe von Ergebnisbemessungen. Durch HLM-Analysen von Variablen auf Schulebene und Klassenraumebene fanden die Autoren heraus, da der Erfolg beim Implementieren der Reform eine kleine, doch bedeutsame Proportion in der Variante der zwischenschulischen Verhltnisabweichung in der Lesesteigerung erklrte (gemessenen beim Bewerten von Verstndnis und Flssigkeit), wenn man dies quer durch das vorgegebene Jahr veranschaulicht; jedoch verdeutlichte sich ein krftiges Ansteigen bei der zwischenschulischen Variante im Zuwachs beim Leseverstndnis, wenn man einen Zwei Jahreszeitraum berblickt. Die Lehrer in den hochgradig auf Reform bestrebten Schulen nutzten hufiger wissenschaftlich basierte Praktiken des Leseunterrichts, als Lehrer in den geringer auf Reform bedachten Schulen und machten mehr nderungen in Richtung auf forschungsfundierte Praktiken. Unterschiede zwischen den hochbestrebten Reformschulen und geringen Reformbemhungsschulen in Anwendung und Ausfhrung der unterschiedlichen Komponenten der... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	EL PROPSITO de este experimento naturalista fue descubrir los elementos operativos de una reforma basada en la evidencia que increment el desempeo de los estudiantes. La reformase implement en 13 escuelas de los EE. UU. en el curso de dos aos. Los autores estudiaron el impacto tanto de elementos programticos de las escuelas como de prcticas curriculares y pedaggicas en las aulas. La evidencia jug un doble papel: a) en el conjunto de investigaciones que los miembros del personal podan consultar para elaborar las reformas y b) en los datos que se les proporcionaron en ciertos momentos clave para que conocieran los progresos alcanzados en el diseo de programas de lectura, la innovacin de las prcticas de enseanza y el mejoramiento de las calificaciones de los estudiantes en un conjunto de medidas. Mediante anlisis HLM de variables en el nivel de la escuela y en el nivel del aula, los autores encontraron que el xito de la implementacin de la reforma explicaba una proporcin pequea pero significativa de la variancia entre escuelas en el mejoramiento en lectura (medido con pruebas de comprensin y fluidez) en el lapso de un ao determinado. En cambio, cuando se consider un perodo de dos aos, se hall que el xito de la reforma explic una proporcin sustancial de la variancia entre escuelas en el mejoramiento en lectura. Los docentes de las escuelas con alta dedicacin a la reforma usaron ms prcticas de lectura basadas en investigaciones que los docentes de las escuelas con poca dedicacin a la reforma e hicieron ms innovaciones incorporando prcticas con base en investigaciones. Las diferencias entre las escuelas con alta dedicacin a la reforma y aquellas con poca dedicacin a la reforma en la implementacin de los diversos componentes de la concepcin de innovacin escolar se discuten a la luz de investigaciones ms amplias acerca de la reforma educativa y las polticas nacionales y estatales referidas a la innovacin en la escuela. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (French):	CETTE EXPRIENCE de terrain avait pour objectif de dcouvrir les lments opratoires d'un effort de rforme valu rendant compte d'une amlioration de la russite scolaire. La rforme a t implante dans 13 coles des Etats-Unis au long de deux annes scolaires. Les auteurs ont tudi l'impact la fois d'lments de programme au niveau de l'cole et de pratiques relatives aux programmes et la pdagogie au niveau de la classe. L'valuation a indiqu deux voies diffrentes : a) l'une concerne la base de recherche que les membres des quipes ont t encourags consulter pour mettre en forme leurs efforts locaux de rforme et b) les donnes apparues aux moments-cl en ce qui concerne les progrs pour mettre en forme le programme de lecture au niveau de l'cole, pour modifier les pratiques d'enseignement dans les classes, et l'amlioration des rsultats des lves pour tout un ensemble de mesures d'effets. Les auteurs, au moyen d'analyses HLM de variables au niveau de l'cole et au niveau de la classe, ont trouv que le succs obtenu en implantant la rforme explique une petite mais significative partie de la variance intercoles des progrs en lecture (mesurs par la comprhension et la rapidit) quand on considre une anne donne, mais qu'il explique une partie importante de la variance intercoles dans l'amlioration de la comprhension en lecture quand on considre une priode de deux ans. Les enseignants faisant un effort important de rforme scolaire ont recouru davantage de pratiques d'enseignement de la lecture bases sur la recherche que les enseignants faisant un moindre effort de rforme et ont fait plus de changements dans la direction des pratiques bases sur la recherche. Les diffrences entre les coles faisant un effort important de rforme et celles faisant un faible effort de rforme pour implanter les diffrentes composantes de la structure de rforme scolaire sont discutes la lumire de la recherche plus large de la rforme de l'co... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , USA 2 University of California , Berkeley , USA
ISSN:	0034-0553
DOI:	10.1598/RRQ.40.1.3
Accession Number:	16337877
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Title:	How Americans Think About International Education and Why It Matters.
Authors:	Bales, Susan Nall 1,2
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Nov2004, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p206, 4p, 1bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Curricula * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * INTERNATIONAL education * PERCEPTION * OPINION Leaders * PUBLIC support * SOCIETAL reaction * COMMUNICATION & education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	States the U.S. public perception of international education is that it is a nonessential add-on to the traditional curriculum. The author's argument for reforming the education system and increasing student knowledge of the world; The role of educators and opinion leaders in creating a public vision for *educationalchange***; Reference to research projects at the FrameWorks Institute, Cultural Logic, and Public Knowledge; The pattern of thinking involved in the public's perception of education; How the school solutions frame and the knowledge gap frames in communication practices affect public understanding; The purpose of global education.
Author Affiliations:	1 President of the FrameWorks Institute, Washington, D.C. 2 Visiting scholar at Brandeis University's Heller Graduate School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Mass.
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	15014947
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Title:	Illinois School Reform and the Social Sciences: 1985 to the Present.
Authors:	Bettis, Norman C. 1
Source:	Social Studies; Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 95 Issue 6, p239, 4p, 1 diagram
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * GEOGRAPHY -- Study & teaching * SOCIAL sciences -- Study & teaching ILLINOIS. -- Board of Education
Geographic Terms:	ILLINOIS
Author-Supplied Keywords:	social science standards social studies standards geography standards
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Traces the developments in school reform and the social sciences education in Illinois from 1985 through 2004. Passage of the Public Act 84-126 establishing state goals for learning in 1985; Publication of the Illinois Learning Standards for elementary and secondary students in 1997; Development of performance standards in all learnings areas by the Illinois State Board of Education; Revision of the national standards in geography.
Author Affiliations:	1 Professor emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Illinois State University
ISSN:	0037-7996
Accession Number:	15374620
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Title:	A Study of the Links Between Implementation and Effectiveness of the America 's Choice Comprehensive School Reform Design.
Authors:	Supovitz, Jonathan A. 1 jons@gse.upenn.edu May, Henry 1
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; 2004, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p389, 31p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CLASSROOM management * EDUCATIONAL change * LEARNING * SCHOOL districts * SCHOOL management & organization * TEACHERS * URBAN schools
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	This study presents a rare opportunity to systematically examine the relationship between teachers' implementation of the America 's Choice comprehensive school reform model and gains in student learning in an urban, at-risk school district. The results provide empirical evidence of relationships between student learning gains and variation in implementation of classroom and schoolwide design elements. Furthermore, analyses of national survey data indicate a greater influence of teacher-level factors over school-level factors on program implementation. The results highlight the importance of assessing different levels and different dimensions of program implementation to better understand impacts on student learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania
ISSN:	1082-4669
Accession Number:	14593566
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Title:	Taking Stock: A Decade of Education Reform in Massachusetts .
Authors:	Myatt, Larry 1,2 Kemp, Peggy 3
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Oct2004, Vol. 86 Issue 2, p139, 6p, 1 cartoon
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ACADEMIC achievement * ACHIEVEMENT tests * CHANGE * EDUCATION -- Curricula * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL innovations * EDUCATIONAL planning * EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements * PUBLIC welfare * STUDENTS
Geographic Terms:	MASSACHUSETTS UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 61171 Educational Support Services 62 Health Care and Social Assistance
Abstract:	Focuses on the Massachusetts Education Reform Act and why it hasn't worked in fulfilling its promise to schools. Discussion of the controversial Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and how it has affected school reforms and curriculums; Efforts of schools to keep students from failing MCAS tests by focusing on subjects that the tests cover; Ironies in Massachusetts school reforms; Lack of state funding for schools; Advice on how to reform schools in 2004.
Author Affiliations:	1 Greater Boston Principal Residency Network, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 2 Boston Public Schools, Boston, Massachusetts 3 Fenway High School
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	14720427
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Title:	Bush's focus on school reform, and a tight budget, have made college issues a lower priority. (cover story)
Authors:	Burd, Stephen
Source:	Chronicle of Higher Education; 9/17/2004 , Vol. 51 Issue 4, pA1, 5p, 1 chart, 3c
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * FEDERAL aid to higher education * LOBBYISTS * POLITICAL parties -- Platforms * POLITICS & education * PRESIDENTIAL candidates * STUDENT assistance programs
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	81394 Political Organizations
People:	BUSH, George W.
Abstract:	Focuses on the political platforms of U.S. President George W. Bush for the 2004 presidential election. Proposals of the president for education; *Changes* made in higher education during his term as U.S. president; Controversial issues on higher education addressed by the Bush administration; Outcome of the Pell Grant, a student-aid program; Complaints of college lobbyists against the Bush administration.
Full Text Word Count:	2926
ISSN:	0009-5982
Accession Number:	14622767
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Title:	*Do Shared Decision-Making Teams Discuss Special Education in Educational* Reform Meetings?**
Authors:	Truscott, Stephen D. 1 sdt55@acsu.buffalo.edu Meyers, Joel 2 Meyers, Barbara 2 Gelzheiser, Lynn M. 3 Grout, Christine B.
Source:	Journal of Disability Policy Studies; Fall2004, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p112, 14p, 3 charts, 1 graph
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * GENERAL education * PUBLIC schools * SPECIAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 611699 All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
Abstract:	Authors of recent reports have concluded that U.S. *educational* reform has ignored special education (President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, 2002). Little is known, however, about how local *educational* reform efforts consider special education when making decisions that may affect students in special education or special educators. The authors of this study examined the relationships between general education reform and special education by using focused analysis of qualitative data collected through a 3-year, comprehensive project in a suburban district that adopted shared decision-making (SDM) teams and site-based management. Data sources included observations of 86 SDM team meetings and interviews with team members and special educators. Findings from primary, middle, and high schools illustrated that there was little connection between general education reform and special education. Specifically, SDM teams seldom discussed special education. Most team members and special educators did not believe that special education was represented in team discussions. Some strategies for representing special education on SDM teams were occasionally effective (e.g., assigning a team member to represent special education for a specific topic). These findings have important implications for education policy because they are consistent with the 2002 report by the President's Commission. The authors also offer suggestions for future research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 The University , Buffalo , SUNY 2 Georgia State University 3 The University , Albany , SUNY
ISSN:	1044-2073
Accession Number:	14241077
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Title:	Reforming Secondary Education.
Authors:	Lewis, Anne C. anneclewis@earthlink.net
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Sep2004, Vol. 86 Issue 1, p3, 2p
Document Type:	Editorial
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * HIGH school dropouts * HIGH school students * HIGH schools * STUDENTS -- Psychology * VOCATIONAL education -- Law & legislation
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools 6115 Technical and Trade Schools
People:	CRAWFORD, Marilyn DOUGHERTY, Eleanor
Abstract:	Comments on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. View that NCLB has led to more discussion about public education; Problems with the law's strategies for improving schools; Incentives to motivate high-school students, according to Marilyn Crawford and Eleanor Dougherty, authors of "Updraft/Downdraft"; Approaches such as personalized environment that might engage students; The National High School Alliance report on school reform "Crisis or Possibility? Conversations About the American High School"; Outlook for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act to be reauthorized; Statistics from a Johns Hopkins University study on high school dropouts.
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	14405940
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Title:	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS REVISITED Reform, Authentic Partnerships, and New Visions.
Authors:	Leonard, Jacqueline 1 Lovelace-Taylor, Kay 1 Sanford-Deshields, Jayminn 1 Spearman, Patrick 1
Source:	Urban Education; Sep2004, Vol. 39 Issue 5, p561, 21p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * LEARNING * STUDENTS * TEACHERS * UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Author-Supplied Keywords:	school reform urban schools professional development schools
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Abstract:	The Professional Development School (PDS) concept was developed by the Holmes Group (now known as the Holmes Partnership) in response to a national call for *educational* reform. More recent reform agendas question the effectiveness of the PDS model This article examines the *changes* that are occurring in the Temple University PDS in Philadelphia , where the state had taken over public schools. Temple University is serving as the manager of six schools. The resulting effect on both the professional development of teachers and student learning is uncertain. However, the challenges and opportunities to enhance the current PDS structure are promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Temple University
ISSN:	0042-0859
DOI:	10.1177/0042085904266968
Accession Number:	14320196
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Title:	Implications of One Comprehensive School Reform Model for Secondary School Students Underrepresented in Higher Education.
Authors:	Watt, Karen M. 1 watt@panam.edu Powell, Charles A. 2 Mendiola, Irma Doris 1
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; Jul2004, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p241, 19p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ADVANCED placement programs (Education) * EDUCATION -- Research * EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * HIGH school students * HIGH schools
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools
Abstract:	This is a study of 10 high schools that implemented Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) during the 1999-2000 academic year as a Comprehensive School Reform model. Student performance data were collected on 1.291 AVID students in these Texas schools. Researchers examined test scores, attendance rates, advanced course enrollment patterns, graduation plans, and school accountability ratings over a 3-year period. Findings indicate that all of the 10 AVID schools improved their accountability rating during the first 3 years of AVID implementation. In addition, AVID students outperformed their classmates on various standardized tests and attended school more often than their classmates. This study's finding also imply that Advanced Placement course enrollment in each of the AVID schools is increasing, and more underrepresented students are being prepared for college. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 University of Texas Pan American 2 University of Texas , Austin
ISSN:	1082-4669
Accession Number:	13726091
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Title:	Educating Students Placed At Risk: Evaluating the Impact of Success for All in Urban Settings.
Authors:	Munoz, Marco A. 1 mmunoz2@jefferson.k12.ky.us Dossett, Dena H. 1
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; Jul2004, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p261, 17p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL evaluation * EDUCATIONAL planning * ELEMENTARY schools * EDUCATIONAL programs
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services 6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools
Abstract:	Schools across the nation are implementing reform models intended to enable all children to meet state-established academic standards. One of the nation's comprehensive school reform models is Success for All (SFA). This study assessed the impact of the program on elementary school students in standardized reading scores as well as attendance and disciplinary measures when compared to control students. Program and control schools were further compared using teacher, student, and parent perception data on school climate and job satisfaction scales. Significant effects were seen on some but not all measures, but the consistent direction and magnitude of the effects showed benefits for SFA students when compared to control students. Implications for *educational* policy and practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Jefferson County Public Schools, Accountability, Research, and Planning Department, 3332 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40218
ISSN:	1082-4669
Accession Number:	13726106
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Title:	The Roles of State Departments of Education as Policy Intermediaries: Two Cases.
Authors:	Hamann, Edmund T. 1 Lane, Brett 1
Source:	Educational Policy; Jul2004, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p426, 30p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL accountability * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL innovations * SOCIAL policy * VALUE added
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61171 Educational Support Services 92313 Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs)
Abstract:	As the variety of state education agency (SEA) responses to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 demonstrates, different SEAs interpret the same federal *educational* policy differently. Nonetheless, little research has depicted how federal policies are changed by SEA-based policy intermediaries. Using an "ethnography of *educational* policy" approach, this article offers two illustrations of mediation processes at the SEA level: Maine 's and Puerto Rico 's initial attempts to implement the federal Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program. Both attempts show that the mediation process is inevitable and that its general direction can be predicted: Policies will be adapted in ways that better correspond with local problem diagnoses, understandings, and habits of action. The study leaves intact McLaughlin's assertion that local negotiation and reframing of policy can be a source of improvement or added value. Such improvement is more likely if an expectation of mediation is explicitly accounted for and if what counts as improvement reflects local mores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 The Education Alliance at Brown University
ISSN:	0895-9048
DOI:	10.1177/0895904804265021
Accession Number:	13542691
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Title:	Understanding the Impact of U.S. Federal Education Policies on the Education of Children and Youth with Disabilities.
Authors:	Faircloth, Susan C. 1 scf2@psu.edu
Source:	International Studies in Educational Administration; 2004, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p32, 15p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * CHILDREN with disabilities * YOUTH with disabilities Education (Elementary)
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Federal involvement in the education of children and youth with disabilities in the United States was expanded with the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Public Law 107–110. This Act is part of a wide sweeping Federal initiative to reform public education. A key element of the accountability system outlined in the NCLB is the disaggregation and reporting of achievement data by subgroups based on poverty levels, race, ethnicities, disability status, and limited English proficiency. Schools in which any subgroup fails to make Adequate Yearly Progress, as defined by the State, may be subject to sanctions. Implementation of the NCLB at the school level presents not only an administrative, but also an ethical dilemma; forcing school leaders to choose between two competing values, that of the individual child and that of the school at large. In this article, two questions frame this dilemma: 1. How will the standards imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act impact students with disabilities? and 2. How will school leaders balance the expectation that the individual needs of children and youth with disabilities will be met while ensuring that schools meet or exceed requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress or face sanctions? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Assistant Professor, Departments of Education Policy Studies and *educational* and School Psychology and Special Education, The Pennsylvania State University
ISSN:	1324-1702
Accession Number:	15153910
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Title:	*Supporting a Nation of Learners: The Role of School Counseling in Educational* Reform.**
Authors:	Dahir, Carol A. 1 cdahir@nyit.edu
Source:	Journal of Counseling & Development; Summer2004, Vol. 82 Issue 3, p344, 10p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL counseling * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation UNITED States. -- Dept. of Education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	The most recent school reform agenda directed the development of national standards across the academic content areas to improve *educational* practice and pedagogy. U.S. Department of Education's (1994) Goals 2000: The Educate America Act and its subsequent nationwide implementation largely ignored the involvement of school counseling in school reform efforts. Counselors in schools face the challenge of preparing students to meet the expectations of these higher academic standards and to become well-educated and contributing members of an ever changing and complex society. The development of the National Standards for School Counseling Programs (American School Counselor Association, 2003) positioned school counseling to play an increasingly important role in contemporary school improvement and in support of the recent *educational* legislative agenda the No Child Left Behind Act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 School of Education, New York Institute of Technology.
ISSN:	0748-9633
Accession Number:	14015896
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Title:	Fast Capitalism, School Reform, and Second Language Literacy Practices.
Authors:	Gebhard, Meg 1 gebhard@educ.umass.edu
Source:	Modern Language Journal; Summer2004, Vol. 88 Issue 2, p245, 21p, 3 charts, 1 diagram
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CHANGE * DISCOURSE analysis * EDUCATIONAL change * LANGUAGE & languages -- Study & teaching * SECOND language acquisition
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	This 2-year qualitative study explores the ironies of *educational* reform in the United States as experienced by three second language learners attending a school attempting to transform itself into a high-performance elementary school in California 's Silicon Valley . Drawing on the concept of “fast capitalism” in a globalized economic work order (Gee, Hull, & Lankshear, 1996) and the tools of critical discourse analysis (Fairclough, 1989), the findings from this investigation reveal that the discourses of school reform in the United States visibly and invisibly placed second language learners in new highly vulnerable positions. In what follows I provide an analysis of this vulnerability by relating the experiences of three families and their attempts to enrol and stay enrolled in the school of their choice. Next, I provide a critical analysis of the discourses of reading and writing instruction and of a text produced by a focal student named Alma in this context. This analysis highlights the ways in which classroom literacy practices inadvertently constrained the efforts of second language learners to acquire academic literacies and ultimately legitimated the school's decision to declare Alma “not Web material.” The implications of this study relate to better understanding classroom SLA from a historical, institutional perspective and to supporting teachers and policy makers in addressing the needs of second language learners in a time of rapid social and economic *change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR*]
Author Affiliations:	1 School of Education 206 Furcolo Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst , MA 01003
ISSN:	0026-7902
DOI:	10.1111/j.0026-7902.2004.t01-4-.x
Accession Number:	13104726
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Title:	Leading Small: Eight Lessons for Leaders in Transforming Large Comprehensive High Schools.
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Jun2004, Vol. 85 Issue 10, p762, 9p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL innovations * PUBLIC schools UNITED States. -- Dept. of Education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61171 Educational Support Services
Abstract:	Discusses efforts at an high school by principal, Steven Gering, to split the high school up into several smaller schools with their own unique missions and goals. Reasons for the *changes; Comments by Gering on the changes; History of the transformation; Amount of money in grants from the United States Department of Education and from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that is being spent in this educational* reform of downsizing schools.
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	13292485
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Title:	Challenges in the No Child Left Behind Act for English-Language Learners.
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Jun2004, Vol. 85 Issue 10, p782, 4p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * ENGLISH language -- Study & teaching * MINORITY students Foreign speakers
Abstract:	Discusses the performance requirements for subgroups within the general student population in the "No Child Left Behind Act," and examines the implications of these requirements for English-language learners and offers recommendations to help states, districts, and schools facilitate the progress of these students. Details of the "No Child Left Behind Act"; Goal that English-language learners must reach high standards by demonstrating proficiency in English language arts and mathematics by 2014; Challenges for English language learners; Low performance and slow improvements by English language learners.
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	13292496
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Title:	Reform at the Top.
Authors:	Black, Susan
Source:	American School Board Journal; May2004, Vol. 191 Issue 5, p36, 3p, 1c
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Curricula * EDUCATIONAL change * HIGH schools * SCHOOL districts * SOCIAL structure * CAREER academies
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Examines the comprehensive reform plans administered by several high schools in the U.S. Career areas as the focus of study at the charter high school Center for Advanced Research Technology (CART) in San Joaquin Valley, California; Course of study being followed by the students in Bard High School Early College in New York City; Reasons for the success of high school reforms such as those instituted at CART and Bard according to Will Jordan of Johns Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools; Factors that should be considered for the success of high school reform initiatives; Challenges faced by school districts in high school reform. INSET: The high school?s shifting mission.
ISSN:	0003-0953
Accession Number:	12814765
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Title:	Transforming High Schools.
Authors:	Noguera, Pedro A. 1 pedro.noguera@nyu.edu
Source:	Educational Leadership; May2004, Vol. 61 Issue 8, p26, 6p, 3c, 1bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * HIGH schools * PUBLIC institutions * PUBLIC schools * REFORMS
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools 712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Abstract:	Presents a study on the efforts to reform high schools in the U.S. Problems commonly faced by most high schools in the U.S. ; Causes of the problems experienced by many high schools; Examples of public and private organizations in the U.S. that tried to reform high schools.
Author Affiliations:	1 Professor, Steinhart School of Education , New York University
Full Text Word Count:	3195
ISSN:	0013-1784
Accession Number:	13088244
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Title:	The Impact of State Policies and Actions on Local Implementation Efforts: A Study of Whole School Reform in New Jersey .
Authors:	Walker, Elaine M. 1
Source:	Educational Policy; May2004, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p338, 25p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* APPELLATE courts * EDUCATIONAL change * MODELS & modelmaking * GOVERNMENT policy NEW Jersey. -- Dept. of Education
Geographic Terms:	NEW Jersey UNITED States
Author-Supplied Keywords:	top-down reform models of implementation. state policies
Abstract:	This article integrates the technical model of policy implementation with a co- constructed perspective of implementation to understand the impact of the New Jersey Department of Education's (NJDOE) actions and policies on implementation of a set of court-ordered mandates in 30 of the state's poorest school districts (referred to as the Abbott or special needs districts). The analysis reveals that the organizational responses of the NJDOE subverted the goals of the reforms. At the same time, local districts have interpreted and responded to the reforms in ways that are consonant with their own experiences and understandings. The article concludes with the observation that the ambient political environment in which the NJDOE operates places it in a conflictual relationship with not only the local districts but with the state's Supreme Court, which is the progenitor of the reforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Associate Professor, Department of *Educational* Leadership, Management and Policy, Seton Hall University .
ISSN:	0895-9048
DOI:	10.1177/0895904803262146
Accession Number:	12927068
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Title:	Politics of Teaching.
Authors:	Ohmann, Richard
Source:	Radical Teacher; May2004 Issue 69, p29, 7p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- History * EDUCATIONAL change * POSTSECONDARY education * PROGRESSIVE education * SOCIAL groups
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Comments on the politics of rebellion and reforms in postsecondary education in the U.S. since 1965. Influence of social groups on the conduct of a credit-bearing college course; Details of curricular assumptions to qualify students for graduation; Distinction between political and *educational* virtues.
ISSN:	0191-4847
Accession Number:	13444583
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Title:	Teachers’ Attitudes and the Success of School Choice.
Authors:	Ferraiolo, Kathleen 1 Hess, Frederick 2 Maranto, Robert 3 Milliman, Scott 4
Source:	Policy Studies Journal; 2004, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p209, 16p, 7 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COMPETITION * DECISION making * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL vouchers * SCHOOL choice * TEACHERS -- Attitudes * POLICY analysis
Abstract:	The 1990s witnessed growing attention to the adoption of choice-based school reforms, particularly charter schooling and school vouchers. Although researchers have approached the school choice debate from theoretical, normative, and empirical directions, little attention has been paid to examining how teachers view school choice or what factors shape their attitudes. This oversight is significant because teachers can impact the success of school choice experiments in many ways, such as through their willingness to launch and staff schools of choice, adopt new practices developed in schools of choice, and support choice-based reform efforts in their unions and communities. Using a survey of Arizona and Nevada teachers, we find that White, experienced, unionized, Democratic educators and those working in a “positive” school environment are less supportive of school choice. Arizona teachers, who live in close approximation of a free market for education, are particularly hostile to choice, but teachers who have had personal contact with a charter school are more supportive. The results indicate that the success of school choice will likely be influenced by the characteristics of the teacher workforce and teachers’ familiarity with competition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and a Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs. 2 Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. 3 Teaches political science at Villanova University 4 Associate professor of economics at James Madison University and coeditor of "School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools."
Full Text Word Count:	7582
ISSN:	0190-292X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1541-0072.2004.00061.x
Accession Number:	12823931
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Title:	Mathematics Reform in a Minority Community: Student Outcomes.
Authors:	Haneghan, James P. Van 1 javanhane@usouthal.edu Bamberger, Horil J. 2
Source:	Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk; Apr2004, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p189, 23p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * ETHNIC groups * MATHEMATICS * MINORITIES * PUBLIC schools * TEACHERS -- Training of
Geographic Terms:	MARYLAND UNITED States
Abstract:	This article reports on 3 years of mathematics reform that took place in 4 high-poverty minority schools in a large, demographically mixed public school system in the South. Comparisons were made with 2 demographically similar sets of schools on project-constructed interviews, items taken from the Third International Math/Science Study (TIMSS) data set, and Stanford Achievement Test scores. The reform project used teacher-training methods that originated from Project IMPACT (Increasing the Mathematical Power of All Children and Teachers), a project implementing intensive professional development in schools in Maryland . The project reported some modest successes, with school leadership and students' access to teachers trained by project staff as important components of project success. The project and its results are discussed in relation to Schoenfeld's (2002) ideas about the criteria for equitable and successful mathematics reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of Behavioral Studies & *Educational* Technology University of South Alabama . 2 Department of Mathematics Towson University
ISSN:	1082-4669
Accession Number:	12847391
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Title:	*Making Changes* that Stay Made: School Reform andCommunity Involvement.**
Authors:	Arriaza, Gilberto 1
Source:	High School Journal; Apr/May2004, Vol. 87 Issue 4, p10, 15p, 2 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COMMUNITY & school * EDUCATIONAL change * HIGH schools * HISPANIC American students * MEXICAN American students * SCHOOL management & organization
Geographic Terms:	CALIFORNIA UNITED States
Author-Supplied Keywords:	advocacy community Latino Education School reform
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	This article argues that school reform initiatives - particularly those aiming at high schools -- have greater chances of staying made when the community actively participates as an empowered *change* agent. This historical analysis of the Mexican American parent community involvement in the Salinas high school district, in California , provides the context for answering some of the questions around the roles a community plays as an external force for school renewal, and the lasting effects of such protagonism. This agency, the paper argues, is important because of the centrality given to public education as sustenance of local control and of democratic political discourses, particularly when a community has traditionally been defined in deficit terms by those in power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 California State University , San Jose
Full Text Word Count:	9200
ISSN:	0018-1498
Accession Number:	12916246
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Title:	Why Does Accreditation Matter?
Source:	ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report; 2004, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p1, 26p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ACCREDITATION (Education) * EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL surveys * EDUCATIONAL quality
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Discusses the importance of *educational* accreditation in the United States . *Changes* in condition that *educational* systems face; Curriculum design; Background of accreditation; Quality improvement and accreditation; *Educational* reform.
ISSN:	0884-0040
Accession Number:	13038428
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Title:	No Child Left Behind: A National Perspective.
Authors:	Meyer, Ken 1 ken.meyer@ed.gov
Source:	Spectrum: Journal of State Government; Spring2004, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p5, 3p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Elementary * EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * LEGISLATIVE bodies
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools 92112 Legislative Bodies
Abstract:	It would be difficult for anyone to argue that the past two years have been anything less than exciting regarding the education reform debate in this country. All across the United States, state and local policymakers have been grappling with the tremendous challenges and opportunities of implementing what is considered to be the most significant and positive education reform effort the nation has ever seen, certainly since the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The president's education initiative, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), is having tremendous impact. And we are beginning to see some very impressive results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, U.S. Department of Education
ISSN:	1067-8530
Accession Number:	14073939
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Title:	Getting Education On Track.
Authors:	Eakman, Beverly 1
Source:	Vital Speeches of the Day; 2/15/2004 , Vol. 70 Issue 9, p268, 6p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * POLITICS & education * POLITICS, Practical * SPEECHES, addresses, etc.
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 92311 Administration of Education Programs
People:	EAKMAN, Beverly
Abstract:	This section presents the text of an address given by Beverly Eakman during a Constitutional Coalition in St. Louis , Missouri on January 30, 2004 , which focused on the problems associated with education reforms in the U.S. Presumably, children will be tested on unnecessary curriculum under U.S. President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. In 1996, the United Nations *Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) came up with an idea on the old International Baccalaureate in 1996, which it called the International Educational* System Pilot Project. Regarding the project, UNESCO announced that the project was established with the aim of testing the feasibility of creating an international education system, and that it would contribute to an improvement in peace education by involving schools from diverse cultures. The Associated Press recently reviewed the National Education Association's (NEA) filings from 1993 to 1999, reporting in a series of stories that the NEA stated on its tax returns that no union dues were spent on politics despite extensive internal memorandum laying out union-funded political activities. For instance, a July 1999 strategic plan stated that the union budgeted $4.9 million for the 2000 election. According to the document, part of the budget was spent on a national political strategy involving candidate recruitment, early voting and vote-by-mail programs.
Author Affiliations:	1 Speechwriter and Columnist, Executive Director, National Education Consortium
Full Text Word Count:	4308
ISSN:	0042-742X
Accession Number:	12569350
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Title:	In the Wake of A Nation at Risk: New American Schools' Private Sector School Reform Initiative.
Authors:	Berends, Mark 1 mark.berends@vanderbilt.edu
Source:	PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2004, Vol. 79 Issue 1, p130, 34p, 1 diagram
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning
Company/Entity:	NEW American Schools Development Corp.
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Since its publication in 1983, A Nation at Risk has caused several waves and ripples of *educational* reform. This article puts that report in the context of earlier responses to perceived education crises. One such important response was from the private sector: the New American Schools Development Corporation (NAS). NAS attempted to create, develop, and widely disseminate "break the mold" whole-school designs to improve student achievement in the nation's schools. Despite a history of mixed results, NAS was influential in changing federal policy to support the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program (CSRD). Now embedded in the No Child Left Behind legislation, CSRD has private and public sector support for the nation's continuing attempts to create effective schools. However, the effectiveness of comprehensive school reform at scale in the nation's highest poverty schools remains an open question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
ISSN:	0161-956X
Accession Number:	12136047
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Title:	*HISTORY, MYTH, AND THE POLITICS OF EDUCATIONAL* REFORM.**
Authors:	Reddick, Robert Nelson 1
Source:	Educational Theory; Winter2004, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p73, 15p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CIVIL society * EDUCATION * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL ideologies
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Reviews & Products:	ANTIGONE (Theatrical production)
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Examines the history, myth and politics of *educational* reform. Gender and *educational* reform in the 1800s; Hegel's conception of civil society; Influence of Sophocles' play "Antigone" on American culture.
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of American Studies Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey
ISSN:	0013-2004
Accession Number:	13020440
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Title:	High School Reform.
Authors:	Lewis, Anne C. aclewis@earthlink.net
Source:	Tech Directions; Jan2004, Vol. 63 Issue 6, p5, 3p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning * HIGH schools
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools
Abstract:	Offers a look at several papers presented at the U.S. Department of Education High School Summit in January 2004 on high school reform. Basis for the economic imperative for improving education; Benefits of and *changes* needed in career and technical education.
Full Text Word Count:	749
ISSN:	1062-9351
Accession Number:	12032485
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Title:	Public School Reform Would Close Racial Gap in Education, Authors Say.
Authors:	Hammer, Ben
Source:	Black Issues in Higher Education; 11/20/2003 , Vol. 20 Issue 20, p14, 2p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* AFRICAN Americans -- Education * AMERICAN students * ASIAN students * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * PUBLIC schools * AFRICAN American students
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
People:	THERNSTROM, Stephan THERNSTROM, Abigail
Abstract:	Deals with the role of public school reform in closing the racial gap in U.S. education, according to Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, authors of the book "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning." Analysis of the racial gap; Ways to improve the academic performance of Afro-American students; Attitude of Asian students toward education; Need to address issues concerning public school teachers.
Full Text Word Count:	864
ISSN:	0742-0277
Accession Number:	11552365
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Title:	A Philadelphia Story: Civic Engagement and Ambitious Systemwide Reform.
Authors:	Christman, Jolley Bruce
Source:	Phi Delta Kappan; Nov2003, Vol. 85 Issue 3, p215, 10p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * STOCKHOLDERS
Geographic Terms:	PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA (Pa.) UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Reflects on the Children Achieving *educational* systemwide reform initiative of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Discussion of the financial challenges posed by the initiative; Role of stakeholders from different sections of the community on the success of a reform; Elaboration of several theories of action in relation to *educational* reform.
Full Text Word Count:	6903
ISSN:	0031-7217
Accession Number:	11431460
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Title:	The Politics of State Higher Education Governance Reform.
Authors:	McLendon, Michael K. 1 michael.k.mclendon@vanderbilt.edu Ness, Erik C. 1
Source:	PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2003, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p66, 23p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION, Higher * EDUCATIONAL change * POLITICS & education
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	During the 1990s, state governments considered in excess of 100 initiatives to reorganize, restructure, or "reform" higher education governance arrangements. The recent wave of governance *change* has revealed an important insight about reform activity: Large-scale redesign of a state's higher education governance system occurs in a distinctively and decidedly political context--namely, at the intersection of legislative institutions, state higher education agencies, electoral cycles, and campus politics. This article describes the landscape of public higher education governance in the states and assesses recent trends, reviews the modest research literature on the politics of reform, and reports selective results from a recent national survey of higher education governance reform in the 50 states. The article concludes with suggestions for the framing of future research on the politics of governance reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organization Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
Full Text Word Count:	8844
ISSN:	0161-956X
DOI:	NO
Accession Number:	10755449
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Title:	Measuring the Effectiveness of City and State Takeover as a School Reform Strategy.
Authors:	Wong, Kenneth K. 1 ken.wong@vanderbilt.edu Shen, Francis X. 2
Source:	PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2003, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p89, 31p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * PUBLIC institutions * SCHOOL districts * SCHOOL management & organization
NAICS/Industry Codes:	712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions 92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	An increasing number of states and cities are allowing for the takeover of school districts, either by a state authority or by the mayor. Twenty-four states allow state takeover of local school districts, permitting state officials to exert authority over a district in the case of "academic bankruptcy" or woefully low-performing schools. This study examines the potential for city and state takeovers to turn around low-performing schools, focusing roughly on the period from 1992 to 2000. This study utilizes a diverse set of empirical measures to gauge the initial impact of city/state school district takeover reform. To restore public trust, takeover reform maintains a strong focus on low-performing schools and students, including allocating additional resources to those schools. Too often, takeover reform pays primary attention to standardized test achievement as the most important measure of school improvement. Implementation of takeover reform has increased over the past decade.
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organization Peabody College at Vanderbilt University 2 Department of Government Harvard University
Full Text Word Count:	10091
ISSN:	0161-956X
DOI:	NO
Accession Number:	10755448
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Title:	California 's Newest Wave of Education Reform: A missed Opportunity to Rethink Instructional Support Resource Allocation to Low-Performing SchoolsLow-Performing Schools.
Authors:	Borba, John 1
Source:	Educational Research Quarterly; Sep2003, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p40, 5p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning
Geographic Terms:	CALIFORNIA UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Examines the reasons why the latest wave of education reform in California had limited impact. Failure to consolidate adequate resources; Absence of guarantees for schools identified to have below-average performance; Discussion of alternative approaches to resource allocation.
Author Affiliations:	1 California State University , Stanislaus
ISSN:	0196-5042
Accession Number:	11445987
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Title:	Improving Schools Through Networks: A New Approach to Urban School Reform.
Authors:	Wohlstetter, Priscilla Malloy, Courtney L. Chau, Derrick Polhemus, Jennifer L.
Source:	Educational Policy; Sep2003, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p399, 32p, 4 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * SCHOOL improvement programs * SCHOOL management & organization * SCHOOLS -- Decentralization * SCHOOL support teams
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 611 Educational Services
Abstract:	Presents a study which explored school networks as a vehicle for enhancing the organizational capacity of schools while also mitigating some of the problems associated with decentralization. Overview of the Annenberg Challenge in Los Angeles, a reform effort that experimented on school network; Discussion on Lawler's high-involvement model; Organizational infrastructure and programs and policies developed by Patterson School Families as a result of their involvement in the network.
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	10704261
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Title:	A Longitudinal Analysis of Shifting Policy Landscapes in Special and General Education Reform.
Authors:	Furney, Katharine S. Hasazi, Susan Brody 1 Clark/Keefe, Kelly 2 Hartnett, Johnette 3
Source:	Exceptional Children; Fall2003, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p81, 14p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * GENERAL education * SPECIAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	611699 All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
Abstract:	A longitudinal policy analysis was undertaken in four schools to explore the degree to which positive outcomes associated with a 1990 state policy on education reform had been sustained in the context of subsequent policies emphasizing standards-based reform and school accountability. The shifting policy context supported the sustainability of initial positive outcomes such as increased use of *educational* support systems and teams, but was associated with increases in referrals to special education and the use of more restrictive special education placements. Findings suggest a need to recognize shared as well as competing goals among *educational* policies and to explore a variety of approaches to expanding the capacity of general education to support students within the context of standards-based reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Leadership and Policy Studies Program 2 College of Education and Social Services 3 Department of Education, University of Vermont
ISSN:	0014-4029
Accession Number:	11097224
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Title:	Education Reform: Success As Investment.
Authors:	Courville, Michael
Source:	Social Policy; Fall2003, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p49, 7p, 4bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning * SCHOOL management & organization * EDUCATIONAL ideologies
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 92311 Administration of Education Programs
People:	PAIGE, Rod
Abstract:	This article discusses issues concerning education reforms in the U.S. Families and neighborhoods everywhere are affected by the *changes* that the new economic structure brings to labor markets and the demands of education. Education has simply become training. Children are sent to school to learn and earn. They are taught not just to take tests but do well on them. Schooling has become a production-oriented process where outcome is measured by student employability, school-wide report cards and state benchmarks. U.S. President George W. Bush quickly ushered in the former superintendent of the Houston Independent School District (HISD), Rod Paige, as secretary of education. Bush has predicated his education agenda on the perceived success of HISD schools. Testing children constantly and avoiding questions of urban violence, poverty and unemployment, the HISD contributes to the culture of self-made individualism. Looking at the current market interest in education highlights several significant trends in U.S. society, most strikingly the complete surrender of public equality to the needs of corporate competitiveness. Moreover, ideological and market forces have culminated in a meager promise of equity through consumerism that challenges how those interested in progressive social *change* will have to operate.
ISSN:	0037-7783
Accession Number:	14135573
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Title:	SCHOOL REFORM MODELS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Authors:	Myung-Sook Koh Robertson, Janna Siegel
Source:	Education & Urban Society; Aug2003, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p421, 20p, 3 charts, 1 graph
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * SPECIAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Presents information on a study which determined the impact of three comprehensive school reform (CSR) models, such as Accelerated School, Roots and Wings and Voices of Love and Freedom, on special education in the U.S. Participant demographic information; Differences between CSR models; Positive and negative aspects of CSR models.
ISSN:	0013-1245
Accession Number:	10471654
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Title:	Correcting the Record: Understanding the History of Federal Intervention and Failure in Securing U.S.Educational Reform.
Authors:	Hirschland, Matthew J. Steinmo, Sven
Source:	Educational Policy; Jul2003, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p343, 21p, 2 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * FEDERAL government
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Presents a study that demonstrated the influence of the U.S. federal government over the national education policy. Review of 19th-century developments in setting impediments for meaningful *educational* reform; Reason behind the need to address the repercussions of the phenomenon; Results and implications.
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	10186887
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Title:	Comprehensive School Reform.
Authors:	Little, Mary E. Houston, Debby
Source:	Journal of Disability Policy Studies; Summer2003, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p54, 9p, 5 diagrams
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning * INSTRUCTIONAL systems
Geographic Terms:	FLORIDA UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Describes a conceptual framework and implementation activities that the state of Florida used to ensure that quality, research-based instructional practices were implemented within the schools in the state. Theories that explain the lack of impact of school reforms; Components of school reform; Shift in the role of state agency in education reform; Reform model for work design, organization and governance of schools within the state.
ISSN:	1044-2073
Accession Number:	9880534
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Title:	Schoolyard Revolutions: How Research on Urban School Reform Undermines Reform.
Authors:	Viteritti, Joseph P. 1,2
Source:	Political Science Quarterly; Summer2003, Vol. 118 Issue 2, p233, 25p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change * PUBLIC schools
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Presents a critical analysis of various researches on school reforms and on the failure of public education in the U.S. as of June 2003. Failure of the political system to produce structural and policy *changes* needed to make urban schools responsive to needs of students; Conflict in motives of professional administrators of the school and parents of students; Analysis of a report on voucher and charter schools for a free market, released by a group of economist from RAND, an organization involved in the research and development work on federal policies.
Author Affiliations:	1 Visiting professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University 2 A senior adviser to school superintendents in New York , Boston , and San Francisco
Full Text Word Count:	11678
ISSN:	0032-3195
Accession Number:	10597833
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Title:	Comprehensive School Reform and Achievement: A Media-Analysis.
Authors:	Borman, Geoffrey D. Hewes, Gina M. Overman, Laura T. Brown, Shelly
Source:	Review of Educational Research; Summer2003, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p125, 107p, 9 charts, 2 graphs
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL planning * META-analysis * SCHOOLS
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	611 Educational Services
Abstract:	Presents a study which featured a meta-analysis review on the achievement effects of comprehensive school reform (CSR) in the U.S. Characteristics of CSR; Policy context of CSR; Method used; Computation of effect size, variance components, weights and weighted effect sizes; Distribution of measures of central tendency for effect size.
ISSN:	0034-6543
Accession Number:	10676213
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Title:	Secondary Career and Technical Education and Comprehensive Reform: Implications for Research and Practice.
Authors:	Castellano, Marisa Stringfield, Sam Stone III, James R.
Source:	Review of Educational Research; Summer2003, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p231, 41p, 1 chart
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Secondary * EDUCATIONAL change * TECHNICAL education * VOCATIONAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools 61151 Technical and Trade Schools
Abstract:	Examines research on the effects of career and technical education (CTE) reform efforts and on efforts that meld CTE with comprehensive secondary school reforms in the U.S. Method used; Historical background on secondary school reform; Overview of legislative-driven CTE; Summary of CTE reform strategies.
ISSN:	0034-6543
Accession Number:	10676215
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Title:	Challenges of Standards-Based Reform: The Example of California 's Science Content Standards and Textbook Adoption Process.
Authors:	Bianchini, Julie A. Kelly, Gregory J.
Source:	Science Education; May2003, Vol. 87 Issue 3, p378, 12p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CURRICULUM change * EDUCATIONAL change * SCIENCE -- Study & teaching
Geographic Terms:	CALIFORNIA UNITED States
Abstract:	In this paper, we debate the strengths and limitations of standards-based science education reform in the United States . Our purpose is to raise questions and encourage conversations about the mis/uses of standards to shape science curriculum and instructional practices at both state and national levels. We begin by examining the case of California : California recently developed science content standards and used these standards to guide the development, assessment, and adoption of K-8 science instructional materials, a process in which we participated. We offer substantive critique of the California standards themselves and the ways such standards narrowly frame science education for the state's teachers and students. We then move to more general challenges posed by fashioning standards as instruments of reform: the proliferation of increasingly unwieldy instructional materials and the muting of teachers' voices in local decision-making processes. While we do not call for the elimination of standards, we argue for greater awareness of the challenges in using standards to achieve science education reform and for renewed effort to include teachers in the translation of standards into local, responsive practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0036-8326
Accession Number:	9578034
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Title:	*Supporting a Nation of Learners: The Role of School Counseling in EducationalReform.*
Authors:	Dahir, Carol A. 1 cdahir@nyit.edu
Source:	Journal of Counseling & Development; Summer2004, Vol. 82 Issue 3, p344, 10p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Standards * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL counseling * EDUCATIONAL law & legislation UNITED States. -- Dept. of Education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	The most recent school *reform* agenda directed the development of national standards across the academic content areas to improve *educational* practice and pedagogy. U.S. Department of Education's (1994) Goals 2000: The Educate America Act and its subsequent nationwide implementation largely ignored the involvement of school counseling in school *reform* efforts. Counselors in schools face the challenge of preparing students to meet the expectations of these higher academic standards and to become well-educated and contributing members of an ever changing and complex society. The development of the National Standards for School Counseling Programs (American School Counselor Association, 2003) positioned school counseling to play an increasingly important role in contemporary school improvement and in support of the recent *educational* legislative agenda the No Child Left Behind Act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 School of Education, New York Institute of Technology.
ISSN:	0748-9633
Accession Number:	14015896
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Title:	*The Issue of Civic Capacity in Urban EducationalReform: The Case of* New Jersey 's Thirty Poorest Districts.
Authors:	Walker, Elaine M. Gutmore, Dan
Source:	Journal of Negro Education; Winter/Spring2002, Vol. 71 Issue 1/2, p60, 17p, 4 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Urban * EDUCATIONAL change * URBAN schools
Geographic Terms:	NEW Jersey UNITED States
Abstract:	Policy responses to comprehensive *reform* initiatives necessitate the creation of cross-sector coalitions in support of change. Using the 1998 New Jersey Supreme Court decision, which compels the state of New Jersey to implement a series of comprehensive *reform* in the state's 30 poorest districts, this paper investigates the factors that successfully predict these districts' abilities to generate cross-sector support for the *reforms. It also explores the extent to which the level of support generated within these districts' communities impact on their willingness to embrace the reforms* and their perceptions of resource problems. Based on the findings, this paper concludes that the *reform* and policy environments must be redefined to align with the realities of urban schooling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0022-2984
Accession Number:	8682104
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Title:	*The New Role of Community Development in EducationalReform.*
Authors:	Crowson, Robert L. 1 Boyd, William Lowe 2
Source:	PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2001, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p9, 21p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COMMUNITY & school * COMMUNITY development
Geographic Terms:	CHICAGO (Ill.) ILLINOIS UNITED States
Abstract:	Focuses on the role of community development in school *reform* in Chicago , Illinois . Behaviors of principals in responding to parental pressures; Administrative effects of bridging-and-buffering lens in the community relationship; Importance of creating and sustaining a social capital to enhance progress.
Author Affiliations:	1 Department of Leadership and Organization, Peabody College , Vanderbilt University 2 Penn State University
Full Text Word Count:	8876
ISSN:	0161-956X
Accession Number:	6463092
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Title:	*Transforming the Role of the Counselor to Provide Leadership in EducationalReform* through Collaboration.**
Authors:	Bemak, Fred
Source:	Professional School Counseling; Jun2000, Vol. 3 Issue 5, p323, 9p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ACADEMIC achievement * EDUCATION -- Parent participation * EDUCATIONAL change * STUDENT counselors
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Focuses on the redefining the role of school counselors in promoting *educationalreform*** in the United States . Advocacy for school safety by school counselors; Factors influencing the principles and values of school-related professionals; Need for facilitating cooperation between families and school counselors to improve academic performance and school safety.
Full Text Word Count:	6446
ISSN:	1096-2409
Accession Number:	3331729
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Title:	'English for the Children': The New Literacy of the Old World *Order, Language Policy and EducationalReform.*
Authors:	Gutierrez, Kris D. Asato, Jolynn
Source:	Bilingual Research Journal; Winter/Spring2000, Vol. 24 Issue 1/2, p87, 26p, 3 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL law & legislation * LANGUAGE & education
Geographic Terms:	CALIFORNIA UNITED States
Abstract:	Discusses the short-and-long term effects of Proposition 227 on the education of English language learners in California . Teachers' interpretation and implementation of the law in classroom practice; Variance in the interpretation and implementation of the policy across school districts; Effects of language ideology on interpretation of the law.
ISSN:	1523-5882
Accession Number:	4156549
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Title:	*Exploring obstacles to educationalreform: Observations from* Finding A Way .
Authors:	Sanders, Rickie
Source:	Professional Geographer; Nov99, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p578, 8p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CAREER development * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Explores obstacles in education *reforms* in the United States . Issues related to professional development component of the National Science Foundation-funded National Council for Geographic Education Finding A Way project; Teachers responses and cognitive dissonance to the issues of equity in the classrooms; Role of teachers in *educationalreform***.
ISSN:	0033-0124
Accession Number:	2590066
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Title:	*International Business Machinations: A Case Study of Corporate Involvement in Local EducationalReform.*
Authors:	Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin
Source:	Teachers College Record; Spring99, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p476, 37p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	CHARLOTTE (N.C.) NORTH Carolina UNITED States
Company/Entity:	INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp. DUNS Number: 001368083 Ticker: IBM
Abstract:	Discusses a study which examined several education *reform* programs supported by IBM Corp. in Charlotte , North Carolina . Background of the study; Discussion of corporations and school *reform* in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Typology of corporate involvement in *educationalreform***; Complexities of corporate involvement.
Full Text Word Count:	16136
ISSN:	0161-4681
Accession Number:	1867021
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Title:	*Curriculum control: using discourse and structure to manage educationalreform.*
Authors:	Fore, Linda C.
Source:	Journal of Curriculum Studies; Sep98, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p559, 18p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- Curricula * SOCIAL sciences & state
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States VIRGINIA
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	After more than a year of debate, the Virginia State Board of Education adopted new curriculum 'standards' in June 1995 for elementary and secondary school social studies. The debate over the content and shape of these standards was acrimonious. At odds were twocommunities with fundamentally different conceptions of the nature of knowledge and the purposes of social studies: on one side were the state's conservative Republican Governor and his political appointees to the State Board of Education, and on the other was the professional social studies community, comprising college educators, curriculum supervisors and some classroom teachers. The Governor and his team won this debate by managing both the discourse and also the official structure in ways that largely excluded the professional community from substantive participation in the standards-development process. This episode serves as a case study in the politics of exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0022-0272
DOI:	10.1080/002202798183459
Accession Number:	3810779
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Title:	*`A Light Feeling of Chaos': EducationalReform* and Policy in the United States** .
Authors:	Louis, Karen Seashore
Source:	Daedalus; Fall98, Vol. 127 Issue 4, p13, 28p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- United States * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Offers a look at suggestions for *reform* of the *educational* policy system in the United States , with reference to the report `A Nation At Risk,' from the National Commission on Excellence in Education. Themes associated with the call for *reform; Reference to calls for systemic reform; Information on problems in the educational* system which the proponents of systemic *reform* have documented; Details on decentralization in the system.
ISSN:	0011-5266
Accession Number:	1234195
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Title:	*A teacher union's role in systemic educationalreform.*
Authors:	Hendricks-Lee, Martha S. Mooney, Tom
Source:	Contemporary Education; Summer98, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p218, 5p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TEACHERS' unions
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Discusses the strategies and achievements of some of progressive teachers' unions working towards systemic *educationalreform* in the United States . Background on the establishment of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers; Importance of developing internal coherence in an organization; Components of a `systematic educationalreform**'; Strategies to develop systemic competence within an organization.
Full Text Word Count:	2978
ISSN:	0010-7476
Accession Number:	1196014
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Title:	*The comprehensive high school and educationalreform* in the United States : Retrospect amd prospect.**
Authors:	Wraga, William G.
Source:	High School Journal; Feb/Mar98, Vol. 81 Issue 3, p121, 12p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COMPREHENSIVE high schools
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Discusses the nature and function of the comprehensive high school program in the United States . Characteristic of the history of the comprehensive high school program in the US; Emergence of the comprehensive model; Commitment of the Americans to common school in 19th century; Role of the curriculum; Introduction of tracking to secondary school.
Full Text Word Count:	8532
ISSN:	0018-1498
Accession Number:	373260
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Title:	*`Open education' revisited: Promise and problems in American educationalreform* (1967-1976).**
Authors:	Smith, Lydia A.H.
Source:	Teachers College Record; Winter97, Vol. 99 Issue 2, p371, 45p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* OPEN plan schools
Abstract:	Examines the rise and fall of the open education movement of the sixties and seventies and considers the lessons that current school reformers might take from it. Problems of the informal, nontraditional style of education; Definition of open education; Need for children to be taught in the ways where they can learn best.
Full Text Word Count:	19729
ISSN:	0161-4681
Accession Number:	315518
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Title:	*Educational*reform: A drama in three acts.
Authors:	Heyd, Suzanne H. Sawyer, Mary H.
Source:	English Journal; Sep97, Vol. 86 Issue 5, p43, 7p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Presents a drama written in an attempt to understand *educationalreform*** in the United States . Reference to the book `How Teachers Taught: Constancy and Change in American Classrooms,' by Larry Cuban; Details on the change.
ISSN:	0013-8274
Accession Number:	9710162693
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Title:	*Educational*Reform and Basic Standards.
Authors:	Shanker, Albert
Source:	Forum for Applied Research & Public Policy; Fall97, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p78, 6p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* ACADEMIC achievement * EDUCATION -- United States * STUDENTS -- United States
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Compares the academic performance of students in the United States (US) with students of industrialized countries. Widespread of disruptive behavior in the US ; Essential elements that account for *educational* success; Analysis on a successful school system.
ISSN:	0887-8218
Accession Number:	2466668
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Title:	*Making educationalreform: Hard times in* Detroit 1988-1995.
Authors:	Hula, Richard C. Jelier, Richard W.
Source:	Urban Education; May97, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p202, 31p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	DETROIT (Mich.) MICHIGAN UNITED States
Abstract:	Examines the *educationalreform* in Detroit , Michigan . Investigation of the collaborative and competitive approaches to reform; Exploration of the apparent collapse of a local education reform in the area; Implication of the area's dysfunctional civic infrastructure on the educational system; Innovations in the educational** system from 1988-1995.
Full Text Word Count:	10848
ISSN:	0042-0859
Accession Number:	9705085893
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Title:	*The effects of educationalreform* on the content and status of the social subjects in England ...**
Authors:	Cogan, John J. Derricott, Ray
Source:	International Review of Education; 1996, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p623, 24p, 1 chart
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * SOCIAL sciences -- Study & teaching
Abstract:	Discusses the impact of *educationalreform*** movements in Great Britain and the United States on the content and status of the social subjects. Establishment by the government of national goals; Emergence of new curricula from a political process imposing content and structures upon teachers.
ISSN:	0020-8566
Accession Number:	9708183538
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Title:	*Collective bargaining and its impact on local educationalreform* efforts.**
Authors:	DeMitchell, Todd A. Barton, Richard M.
Source:	Educational Policy; Sep96, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p366, 13p, 3 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COLLECTIVE bargaining -- Education * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Examines the relationships between collective bargaining and *educationalreform* efforts in the United States and looks at the different views that educators hold regarding those relationships. Professional educators' view that collective bargaining and teacher unions have had a negative effect on the ability of schools and districts to implement reforms**; Character of bargaining.
Full Text Word Count:	4493
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	9610020990
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Title:	*Race, social class, and educationalreform* in an inner-city school.**
Authors:	Anyon, Jean
Source:	Teachers College Record; Fall95, Vol. 97 Issue 1, p69, 26p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * RACE * SOCIAL classes
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Describes processes and events that illustrate how social manifestations of racial and social class status can combine to vitiate efforts at school *reform. Marcy School ; Sociocultural differences between reformers, parents and school personnel; Sociocultural differences between reforms* and the student population.
Full Text Word Count:	12073
ISSN:	0161-4681
Accession Number:	9510055042
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Title:	*The role of the urban community college in educationalreform.*
Authors:	Bragg, Debra D. Layton, James D.
Source:	Education & Urban Society; May95, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p294, 19p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * URBAN universities & colleges
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Examines the role of urban community colleges in the United States in *educationalreform*. Background on educationalreform** programs in the United States ; Mission of community colleges; Policy implications.
Full Text Word Count:	7288
ISSN:	0013-1245
Accession Number:	9505113145
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Title:	*Educational*reform and technology education.
Authors:	McCade, Joseph
Source:	Technology Teacher; May/Jun95, Vol. 54 Issue 8, p31, 9p, 1 chart, 1bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TECHNICAL education teachers
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Examines the technology educators' role in the different *educationalreform*** efforts in the United States . Historical themes in curriculum development; Rationale for change; Whole language approach; Importance of a specific core curricula; Cooperative learning; Academic and vocational integration; Authentic learning and cognitive science.
ISSN:	0746-3537
Accession Number:	9506092057
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Title:	*Improving chances for successful educationalreform.*
Authors:	Greenfield, Teresa Arambula
Source:	Education; Spring95, Vol. 115 Issue 3, p464, 11p, 1 chart
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	HAWAII UNITED States
Abstract:	Assesses the endurance of *educationalreform* efforts in Hawaii . Terminations and successes experienced by reform programs; Factors impacting on reform endurance; Levels of commitment by school administrators to adopt reforms**.
Full Text Word Count:	6090
ISSN:	0013-1172
Accession Number:	9506141256
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Title:	*Perceptions of educationalreform* by educators representing middle schools, cooperative learning,...**
Authors:	Gallagher, James J. Coleman, Mary Ruth
Source:	Gifted Child Quarterly; Spring95, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p66, 11p, 2 charts, 2 graphs
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* GROUP work in education * MIDDLE schools * TEACHERS of gifted children * EDUCATORS -- United States
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Describes the results of two surveys comparing the perceptions of educators of gifted students with the perceptions of mainstream *educational* personnel in American middle schools and those specializing in cooperative learning. Middle schools; Cooperative learning; *Educational* restructuring and *reform* movement. INSET: Putting the research to use.
ISSN:	0016-9862
Accession Number:	9506203702
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Title:	*The need for technological advances in assessment related to national educationalreform.*
Authors:	Hanley, Tom V.
Source:	Exceptional Children; Dec94/Jan95, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p222, 8p, 1 chart
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* LEGISLATION * EDUCATIONAL change * GOVERNMENT policy
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Focuses on the National Education Goals and evolving standards which advocate inclusion of all students in revitalized curricula and instruction. Contents of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994; Students with disabilities in the *educational* mainstream; Standards for all students and students with disabilities; Implications.
ISSN:	0014-4029
Accession Number:	9412132721
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Title:	*Places of change: Special education's power and identity in an era of educationalreform.*
Authors:	Kauffman, James M.
Source:	Journal of Learning Disabilities; Dec94, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p610, 9p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* SPECIAL education
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Discusses the condition of special education in the United States . Reason for the disintegration of special education; *Reforms* needed in special education.
Full Text Word Count:	7476
ISSN:	0022-2194
Accession Number:	9411306981
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Title:	*Urban educationalreform.*
Authors:	Berlowitz, Marvin J.
Source:	Education & Urban Society; Nov94, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p82, 14p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION, Urban * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Probes into the failure of egalitarian *reform* and the crisis in urban education. Conservatism of the current resurgence of *educationalreform*; Critical overview of education reform**; Necessity for an urban education certificate; Role of peace education in diffusing the urban crisis.
Full Text Word Count:	5598
ISSN:	0013-1245
Accession Number:	9503104171
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Title:	*Mexican Americans in middle schools: The illusion of educationalreform.*
Authors:	Donato, Ruben de Onis, Carmen
Source:	Theory Into Practice; Summer94, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p173, 10p, 5 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* HISPANIC American students * HIGH schools Social aspects
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Suggests that *educational* reformers need to look to the past in order to understand why middle and junior high schools have not been successful with Mexican-American students. Failure of current school agenda to depart from 20th century logic and practice; Aligning of *reform* efforts to capital than with *educational* quality; Hispanic population estimates.
ISSN:	0040-5841
Accession Number:	9411103119
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Title:	*The process of educationalreform* in Michigan** .
Authors:	DeWeese, Paul
Source:	Journal of Education; 1994, Vol. 176 Issue 2, p29, 7p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	MICHIGAN UNITED States
Abstract:	Discusses the process of *educationalreform* in Michigan . Objectives of the transformation of educational policy in the state; Factors which hindered educationalreform; Benchmark of real reform; Need for the cooperation of political leaders and grassroots organizations in the implementation of radical education reform**.
Full Text Word Count:	2660
ISSN:	0022-0574
Accession Number:	9510090849
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Title:	*Schools, scapegoats, and skills: Educationalreform* and the economy.**
Authors:	Paris, David C.
Source:	Policy Studies Journal; Spring94, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p10, 15p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATION -- Economic aspects * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs 61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Focuses on the *educational* policies of the United States . *Educationalreforms*; Difficulties in assuming strong links between education and the economy; Policy issues; Schools' role in the improvement of the economy; Economic impacts of educational** attainment.
ISSN:	0190-292X
DOI:	10.1111/1541-0072.ep9501244200
Accession Number:	9501244200
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Title:	*Educational*reform in Russia and the USA : Where are the troops?
Authors:	Hudson Jr., Hugh D. Hoffman, Alan J.
Source:	Educational Studies (Carfax Publishing); 1993, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p255, 11p, 2 charts, 2 graphs
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TEACHERS * VOCATIONAL guidance
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6243 Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Abstract:	Determines the level of support that differing concepts of *educationalreform* had among the actual practitioners of public education in the former Soviet Union and the United States . Survey of a sample of teachers; Measurement of the value placed on divergent educational goal statements; Educational** goals related to basic skills development.
Full Text Word Count:	4539
ISSN:	0305-5698
Accession Number:	9405052888
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Title:	*A foundation for educationalreform: Mentor teachers.*
Authors:	Banschbackh, John Prenn, Maureen
Source:	Education; Fall93, Vol. 114 Issue 1, p121, 7p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change LABORATORY District Teacher Education Center (Mankato, Minn.)
Geographic Terms:	MINNESOTA UNITED States MANKATO (Minn.)
Abstract:	Reports on the importance of school-university partnership to *educationalreform*** in Minnesota . Purposes of the Laboratory District Teacher Education Center, Minnesota; Transformation of mentor teachers into teacher leaders.
Full Text Word Count:	3356
ISSN:	0013-1172
Accession Number:	9404053170
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Title:	*Unintended effects of educationalreform* in New York** .
Authors:	Allington, Richard L. McGill-Franzen, Anne
Source:	Educational Policy; Dec92, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p397, 18p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * ELEMENTARY schools
Geographic Terms:	NEW York (State) UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6111 Elementary and Secondary Schools
Abstract:	Examines trends in the incidence of retention, remediation and identification of students as handicapped in 12 elementary schools in New York . Increase in the incidence at primary grade levels; Implications on understanding reports of school effectiveness and statewide student achievement in reading.
Full Text Word Count:	7297
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	9602220221
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Title:	*Recent trends in state educationalreform: Assessment and prospects.*
Authors:	Firestone, William A. Bader, Beth D.
Source:	Teachers College Record; Winter92, Vol. 94 Issue 2, p254, 25p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Assesses the trends in state *educationalreforms* in the United States , the challenges for future state reform efforts and discusses the prospects for developing more coherent reforms. Student/teacher standards; Governance; Responses to state reforms**.
Full Text Word Count:	10269
ISSN:	0161-4681
Accession Number:	9305055321
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Title:	*The current educationalreform* movement--history...**
Authors:	Lunenburg, Fred C.
Source:	Education & Urban Society; Nov92, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p3, 15p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Examines the National Commission on Excellence in Education's report entitled `A Nation at Risk,' which discusses the quality of education in the United States . Decline of test scores; Complaints of business leaders regarding the poor skills of graduates; Comparison of academic achievement in the U.S. , Europe and Japan ; Detailed information on report.
Full Text Word Count:	5758
ISSN:	0013-1245
Accession Number:	9703201251
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Title:	*Educational*reform and the ecology of schooling.
Authors:	Eisner, E.W.
Source:	Teachers College Record; Summer92, Vol. 93 Issue 4, p610, 18p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Looks at the historical theme of school *reform* in American education. Impact of the launch of Sputnik I on the development of curricula in science and math; `A Nation at Risk'; Internalized images of teachers' roles; Insulation and isolation of teachers from their colleagues; Inadequacies of in-service education; Five major dimensions of school *reform*.
Full Text Word Count:	8046
ISSN:	0161-4681
Accession Number:	9207205826
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Title:	*PARENTAL CHOICE AND EDUCATIONALREFORM* IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.**
Authors:	Edwards, Tony 1 Whitty, Geoff 2
Source:	British Journal of Educational Studies; May92, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p101, 17p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CHILDREN * EDUCATION * EDUCATION -- Parent participation * PARENTS * SCHOOLS
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 611 Educational Services
Abstract:	Looks into the importance of parental choice regarding the education of their children. Assumption regarding the production of greater diversity in *educational* provision because of parental choice; Significance of granting authority for parents to choose the school for their children; Concern regarding the capacity of public education to change or be changed.
Author Affiliations:	1 School of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2 Institute of Education, University of London
ISSN:	0007-1005
Accession Number:	13139527
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Title:	*State educationalreform* since 1983: Appraisal and the future.**
Authors:	Firestone, William A. Fuhrman, Susan H.
Source:	Educational Policy; Sep91, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p233, 18p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Presents some of the findings from the research on state *educationalreform* conducted by the Center for Policy Research in Education (CPRE). Reform targets; State reforms; District action in response to state initiatives; Future of educationalreform**.
Full Text Word Count:	6896
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	9706113765
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Title:	*Rationales of educationalreform.*
Authors:	Rich, John Martin
Source:	Urban Education; Jul91, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p149, 11p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Focuses on rationales of *educationalreform* in the United States . Concept and context of reform; Purpose of reforms; Appeals of reform** arguments.
Full Text Word Count:	3513
ISSN:	0042-0859
Accession Number:	9606204092
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Title:	Teachers' perceptions of the goals of education in the USA *: Responses to the educationalreform...*
Authors:	Hoffman, Alan J. Hudson, Hugh D.
Source:	Educational Studies (Carfax Publishing); 1991, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p117, 9p, 5 charts
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION -- United States * TEACHERS -- United States
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services
Abstract:	Reports on the teachers' perception of the significant goals and purposes of education in United States . Goals of teachers for public schools; Schools of thought as an appropriate function of schooling in today's society; Comparison of goals with schools of thought responses.
Full Text Word Count:	3411
ISSN:	0305-5698
Accession Number:	9707183036
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Title:	*Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights movement, and educationalreform.*
Authors:	Willie, Charles Vert Sanford, Jayminn Sulir
Source:	Educational Policy; Mar1991, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p29, 15p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CIVIL rights movements * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Highlights lessons from the civil rights movement in the United States that could be adapted to *educationalreform*** efforts. Success of social transformation; Contributions from different sectors in society.
Full Text Word Count:	6120
ISSN:	0895-9048
Accession Number:	9706113757
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Title:	*Educational*reform, values, and gifted students.
Authors:	Gallagher, J.J.
Source:	Gifted Child Quarterly; Winter91, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p12, 8p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* GIFTED children -- Education
Abstract:	Reviews the positive and negative elements of each of the six major *educationalreforms* that are currently being proposed or are currently being implemented in the US . Rest upon cultural values; Educational research; Values and education of gifted students; Difficulties of reform; Educationalreform** movements; Recommendations for action.
ISSN:	0016-9862
Accession Number:	9104151659
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Title:	*American educationalreform* and government power.**
Authors:	Cibulka, James
Source:	Educational Review; 1990, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p97, 12p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Offers a look on how to interpret development toward greater and less regulation in the American *educationalreform* movement. Three alternative views of state power; Educationalreform in the United States ; The parameters of reform; A brief taxonomy of reform** strategies; Conclusion.
Full Text Word Count:	6056
ISSN:	0013-1911
Accession Number:	9707110368
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Title:	*Of robins' eggs, teachers, and educationalreform.*
Authors:	Nelson, Richard C.
Source:	Preventing School Failure; Winter90, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p8, 6p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TEACHERS -- Attitudes
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Focuses on the role of teachers as pioneers in *educationalreform*. Factors affecting the effective implementation of educationalreform; Key issues arising from educationalreform** activities.
Full Text Word Count:	4318
ISSN:	1045-988X
Accession Number:	9604163570
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Title:	*EDUCATIONAL*REFORM AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE.
Authors:	Plank, David N.
Source:	Journal of Urban History; Nov88, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p22, 20p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * PUBLIC schools
Geographic Terms:	ATLANTA (Ga.) GEORGIA UNITED States
Abstract:	This article examines the processes and outcomes of *educationalreform* in Atlanta in the Progressive era, and assesses the implications of the Atlanta case study for a broader explanation of progressive school reform. City politics in Atlanta at the turn of the century are discussed in the following section of the article. The second section describes the introduction of reforms in each of the principal realms of reform activity into Atlanta 's public school system. The concluding section of the article proposes a theoretical framework based on the sociological theory of complex organizations within which the convergence of reform** efforts in the public school systems of diverse cities may be explained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0096-1442
Accession Number:	5481862
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Title:	The Regents Action Plan: New York *'s EducationalReform* Initiatives in the 1980s.**
Authors:	Layton, Donald H.
Source:	PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; Spring86, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p6, 17p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION & state * EDUCATIONAL change
Geographic Terms:	NEW York (State) UNITED States
NAICS/Industry Codes:	92311 Administration of Education Programs
Abstract:	Discusses the Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education (AP) by the State Board of Regents, the education policy making body of New York . Role of the governor and its state legislators in shaping *educationalreforms*; Efforts to tighten educational requirements; Contextual considerations to New York's educationalreforms**; Establishment of the key provisions of the AP.
ISSN:	0161-956X
Accession Number:	7784964
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Title:	*Meanings of literacy in contemporary educationalreform* proposals.**
Authors:	Lankshear, Colin
Source:	Educational Theory; Summer98, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p351, 22p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * LITERACY
Abstract:	Focuses on the identification of the dominant meanings relating to literacy within contemporary proposals involving *educationalreform* in North America , Britain , and Australasia . Implication of reform; Educationalreform having increasingly high profile political focus in many countries; Complexity of the reform scene; Importance of approaching reform** proposals as `frames' that open up certain options and close down others.
Full Text Word Count:	11019
ISSN:	0013-2004
Accession Number:	1147603
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