Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Frequently Used Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 How Does Reform Adoption Happen? The Role of Power, Politics, and Perspective; 3 Is All Change Local? How Context Shapes Implementation; 4 Change Agents in the School Reform Process; 5 Building the Plane While It's Flying: The Evolving Design Team; 6 The Life of External Reform Models: Sustainability and Expiration; 7 Prospects for Educational Change; Appendix: Description of Reform Designs; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Can a fundamental reform in the organisation of a school lead to schoolimprovement? This shows how theory can be applied in practice to get around issues that are preventing change and improvement
