Understanding How School Change Really Happens: Reform at Brookville High

by Rosetta M. Cohen

Overview

Using a combination of participant observation and interviews with teachers, parents and students, Rosetta Marantz Cohen explores a high school's efforts in the United States to implement broad-based curricular change. The book vividly illustrates the impact of change on an often resistant institution. From her observations, Cohen draws up a series of recommendations for those considering embarking on similar site-based reform initiatives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803962552
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/12/1995
Series:	Organizational Change Series
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: THE STORY OF QUEST
Understanding a School's Historical Context
Planning for Change
Getting Started
The Trials of Implementation
Year One
Establishing Equilibrium
Year Two
Settling In
Year Three
PART TWO: REFORM IN PERSPECTIVE
Players in Reform
Teachers, Students, Administrators, and Consultants
Understanding the Nature of School Change