Restructuring Schools The Next Generation of Educational Reform

by Elmore, Richard F.

• ISBN13: 9781555422349
• ISBN10: 1555422349
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-01-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Restructuring Schools provides administrators, state policymakers, teachers, and other educators with an understanding of what can and cannot be achieved through particular restructuring efforts and of the role they can play as individuals to make such efforts succeed.

Author Biography

RICHARD F. ELMORE is professor of education and chairman of programs in administration, planning, and social policy at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: On Changing the Structure of Public Schools(Richard F. Elmore)

Part One: Approaches to Restructuring Schools

2. Applying Conceptions of Teaching to Organizational Reform(Brian Rowan)

3. Fostering Teacher Professionalism in Schools(Gary Sykes)

4. Organizing Schools to Encourage Teacher Inquiry(HAndrik D. Gideonse)

5. Redesigning Teachers' Work(Susan Moore Johnson)

6. Rethinking School Governance(Mary Anne Raywid)

Part Two: New Roles and Responsibilities for the District and State

7. Restructuring in Progress: Lessons from Pioneering Districts(Jane L. David)

8. Key Issues Confronting State Policymakers(Michael Cohen)

9. Conclusion: Toward a Transformation of Public Schooling(Richard F. Elmore)