The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States

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Title: The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States
Abstract/Description: This paper explains how organizations otherthan schools and governing agencies affect thescope and pace of change in American education.In particular, the paper discusses a set oforganizations operating in what can be calledthe school improvement ``industry'' in the UnitedStates, that is, a group of organizationsproviding schools and governing agencies withinformation, training, materials, andprogrammatic resources relevant to problems ofinstructional improvement. The paper shows howthe structure and functioning of theseorganizations explain patterns of change inAmerican education – including why schools inthe United States experience wave after wave ofinnovation and reform while at the same timemaintaining a stable core of instructionalpractices.
Author/creator: Rowan, Brian
Date: 12/1/2002
In publication: Journal of Educational Change
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 283-314
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Scholarship genre: en Historical; en Theoretical
Language: en
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 1573-1812
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021277712833
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Springer Link); Open Access Article (Deep Blue); Article on Author's Profile (ResearchGate)
Citation: Rowan, B. (2002). The Ecology of School Improvement: Notes on the School Improvement Industry in the United States. Journal of Educational Change, 3(3), 283–314. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021277712833
Cited in: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement
Abbreviation: Journal of Educational Change

Item sets: Oxford Bibliography: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement

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