Contemporary studies in social and policy issues in education
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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KEYS and the larger school reform movement in the United States / Joseph Murphy [and others] -- The KEYS initiative in Memphis city schools : a "jump-start" on the journey to school restructuring / Linda Bol and Sam Stringfield -- Unions, politicians, and educators : the case of KEYS in River Bluffs Elementary, Minnesota / Lisa M. Jones and Karen Seashore Louis -- Building a school community using KEYS : the Shoreview School in Maryland / Saundra Murray Nettles -- KEYS in California : the case of Wallace High School / Lynn G. Beck -- Finding meaning in the mirror : self-reflective improvement in two Washington state schools / Bradley S. Portin and Michael S. Knapp -- Walter Rumsey elementary school : buried beneath the churn / Mark A. Smylie -- The KEYS case study in Mississippi : a failed "graft" of one school reform onto another / Charles Teddlie -- Florida and the KEYS / Kathryn M. Borman -- Implementing school reform in a high-stakes testing policy environment : the case of an urban elementary school / Pedro Reyes -- The school and self-reflective renewal : taking stock and moving on / Bradley S. Portin [and others].
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The primary purpose of this study is to learn from the experiences of schools across the U.S. that are engaged in a largely process-oriented reform strategy. Schools vary in their capacity for productive self-reflection. The authors examine the process of self-assessment that many schools engaged in during this time of widespread public attention to the equlaity of schools. The schools examined in these cases reveal a complex interaction between the nature of the self-reflective activity the schools were engaged in (in this case, a National Education Association school review process entitled.
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Title
Self-reflective renewal in schools.
International Standard Book Number
9781567506631
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
School improvement programs-- United States, Case studies.
Enseignement-- Réforme-- États-Unis, Cas, Études de.