TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Alma AU - Chrispeels,Janet TI - Improving schools and educational systems : : international perspectives / T2 - Contexts of learning. Classrooms, Schools and Society SN - 9780415362221 U1 - 371.2 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - School improvement programs KW - Educational change N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1 setting the context Introduction Alma harris and janet chrispeels 1 Chapter 1 a brief history of school improvement research in the usa Charles b teddlie and samuel stringfield 27 Part 2 school improvement: phases 2 and 3 Chapter 2 success for all Robert slavin and nancy a madden 49 Chapter 3 the high reliability schools project: some preliminary results 71 And analyses David reynolds, samuel stringfield and eugene c schaffer Chapter 4 using the power of difference in school improvement projects Paul clarke, mel ainscow and mel west 101 Chapter 5 effective school improvement:: similarities and differences in improvement in Eight european countries (stoll, creemers, reezigt) 122 Louise stoll, bert p m creemers and gerry reezigt Part 3 school improvement: phase 4 Chapter 6 changing secondary schools is hard: lessons from 10 years of school improvement Lorna earl, nancy torrance and stephanie sutherland 143 Chapter 7 building instructional quality: ¿inside-out¿ and ¿outside-in¿ perspectives on san diego¿s school reform Linda darling-hammond, amy m hightower, jennifer husbands, jeanette r lafors, Viki m young and carl christopher 169 Chapter 8 standards-based reform and small schools of choice: how reform theories Converge in three urban middle schools. Chrysan gallucci, michael s. Knapp, anneke markholt, suzanne ort 240 Chapter 9 education district development in south africa: a new direction for school improvement? Brahm fleisch 282 Chapter 10 The challenge of systemic change in complex educational systems: a district model to scale up Reform Janet chrispeels and margerita gonzales 319 Chapter 11 The creation of knowledge networks: collaborative enquiry for school and system improvement David jackson 355 Part 4 towards the 5th phase school improvement: future directions for the field Janet chrispeels and alma harris Conclusion 382 Biographies 398 ER -