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

Systemic Reform in the Professionalism of Educators - September 1995

Acknowledgments

This study far exceeds the capacity of one person. It never would have seen the light of day without the cooperation of many dedicated educators in Toronto, Southern Maine, and West Virginia. Although too numerous to mention, I would particularly like to thank those who provided feedback on the initial drafts of the case studies.

OERI deserves special recognition for having the vision to fund this important series of reform studies. The NETWORK was fortunate to have been assigned Joyce Murphy as our Project Monitor. Thank you for your support.

The expertise of our advisory group has served the project well over the course of the study. Thank you all: David Crandall, Michael Fullan, Judith Warren Little, Milbrey McLaughlin, Lynne Miller, and George Springer. Special thanks to Lynne and Judith for feedback on preliminary drafts.

The project also owes much to the contribution of colleagues at the NETWORK: to Jan Barry and Kerri Lorigan for their work throughout the course of the study; to Laurie Huberman for coding field notes; to Michael Huberman for his assistance in developing the causal networks; and especially to Pat Cox for the initial conceptualization and groundwork, and invaluable feedback and support in bringing this report to completion.
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