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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823243503321

Autore

Bodilly Susan J

Titolo

New American Schools' concept of break-the-mold designs : how designs evolved and why / / Susan Bodilly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2001

ISBN

1-59875-187-5

0-8330-4381-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

379.1/5

Soggetti

School improvement programs - United States - Evaluation

Educational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1288-NAS."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139).

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1.  INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHANGES IN THE PORTFOLIO OF TEAMS AND NAS's STRATEGY -- 3. CHANGES TO THE THEORY OF EDUCATION INHERENT IN THE DESIGNS -- 4. DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND SUPPORTS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES.

Sommario/riassunto

Business leaders created New American Schools, a private non-profit corporation, in 1991 to develop "break-the-mould" designs for schools serving grades K-12. This report documents the significant changes that have taken place in the designs and the reasons for those changes.