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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