The Anatomy of "Restructuring": Strategies for Re-Forming American Education. A Policy Issues and Options Paper. Program Report.

Autor/in	Hansen, Kenneth H.
Institution	Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR.
Titel	The Anatomy of "Restructuring": Strategies for Re-Forming American Education. A Policy Issues and Options Paper. Program Report.
Quelle	(1989), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrative Organization; Adoption (Ideas); Change Strategies; Curriculum Development; Distance Education; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Finance Reform; School Choice; School Organization; State Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ideas; Ideenfindung; Lösungsstrategie; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School organisation; Schulorganisation
Abstract	Restructuring the American education system has become perhaps the leading popular proposal for remedying what has been identified as the sorry state of the nation's schools. This term suggests a thorough, even radical, overhaul and redirection of the entire system. But the intent of these proposed strategies is the restructuring--not the destruction--of the historically successful American school system, now fallen on rather hard times. Basic strategies include (1) restructuring curriculum and instruction by raising state standards, using the effective schools approaches, giving priority to early intervention, using electronic technologies to bring education materials and experience to students while at home, and restructuring the teaching profession itself; (2) restructuring the governance and finance of education by altering established control practices, initiating accountability legislation for financial support of schools, and encouraging school and business partnerships such as the adopt-a-school program; and (3) restructuring administrative power hierarchies and allowing parental choice of schools to instigate competition and encourage excellence. Almost all these restructuring strategies seek to preserve the essential integrity of the current school system. (KM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC