A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

School-Based Reform--Lessons from a National Study-1995

Section III - Examples of Promising School-Based Reform Efforts

This section returns to the big picture. For readers interested in how more of the case study schools pursued their reform agendas, additional portraits are presented to illustrate how schools orchestrated their reform strategies, as seen during the 1991-92 school year. These portraits place the reader inside the case study schools to experience the variety of ways that school-based reform occurs. The portraits point out how each school has enacted key features. Views of two successful schools are balanced with portraits of schools pursuing, but not yet reaching, their goals.

The individuality of the reforms encountered in the study cannot be overstated. At each school, the context, vision, precipitating events, key participants, goals, conflicts, and attempted resolutions varied. The effective efforts, however, shared commitments to improved student learning through staff collaboration, responsibility, and growth.

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