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Restructuring Schooling: Learning from Ongoing Effortsreviewed by Ann Lieberman - 1994 Title: Restructuring Schooling: Learning from Ongoing Efforts Author(s): Joseph Murphy, Philip Hallinger Publisher: Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks ISBN: 0803960611, Pages: , Year: 1993 Search for book at Amazon.com "Restructuring schools" has become the
reform slogan of the 1990s. The editors of this volume attempt to
go beyond the slogan by showing what actual schools involved in the
process of restructuring look like, and what lessons can be learned
from the eight case studies that make up this book. As they note in
the first chapter, these cases illustrate the pioneering educators'
actions and the development of their convictions and
philosophies.
Restructuring schools to meet the needs of a postindustrial
society has been on federal, state, and local agendas since the
Nation at Risk report in 1983.[1] The dissatisfaction with public
education has resulted in national pressure for school reform and
in successive waves of reform initiatives. Many states and
localities have mounted comprehensive programs without much idea of
what the process looks like, what educational principles and values
are important, or how to support these complex human and
organizational efforts.
Attempting to fill this hiatus by providing case studies of what
schools in the process of... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Ann Lieberman
Teachers College, Columbia University
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