Improving schools and educational systems :   international perspectives /  
edited by Alma Harris and Janet Chrispeels. 
 - London :  New York :  Routledge,  2006 
 - xvii, 315 p.   ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Contexts of learning. Classrooms, Schools and Society .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 setting the context<br/>Introduction <br/>Alma harris and janet chrispeels	1<br/>Chapter 1 a brief history of school improvement research in the usa<br/>Charles b teddlie and samuel stringfield	27<br/>Part 2 school improvement: phases 2 and 3<br/>Chapter 2 success for all <br/>Robert slavin and nancy a madden	49<br/>Chapter 3 the high reliability schools project: some preliminary results 	71<br/>And analyses <br/>David reynolds, samuel stringfield and eugene c schaffer<br/>Chapter 4 using the power of difference in school improvement projects <br/>Paul clarke, mel ainscow and mel west	101<br/>Chapter 5 effective school improvement:: similarities and differences in improvement in<br/>Eight european countries (stoll, creemers, reezigt)	122<br/>Louise stoll, bert p m creemers and gerry reezigt<br/>Part 3 school improvement: phase 4<br/>Chapter 6 changing secondary schools is hard: lessons from 10 years of school improvement<br/>Lorna earl, nancy torrance and stephanie sutherland	143<br/>Chapter 7 building instructional quality:<br/>¿inside-out¿ and ¿outside-in¿ perspectives on san diego¿s school reform<br/>Linda darling-hammond, amy m hightower, jennifer husbands, jeanette r lafors,<br/>Viki m young and carl christopher	169<br/>Chapter 8 standards-based reform and small schools of choice: how reform theories<br/>Converge in three urban middle schools.<br/>Chrysan gallucci, michael s. Knapp, anneke markholt, suzanne ort	240<br/>Chapter 9 education district development in south africa: a new direction for school improvement?<br/>Brahm fleisch	282<br/>Chapter 10 <br/>The challenge of systemic change in complex educational systems: a district model to scale up<br/>Reform<br/>Janet chrispeels and margerita gonzales	319<br/>Chapter 11<br/>The creation of knowledge networks: collaborative enquiry for school and system improvement<br/>David jackson	355<br/>Part 4 towards the 5th phase school improvement: future directions for the field<br/>Janet chrispeels and alma harris<br/>Conclusion	382<br/>Biographies	398<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415362221 0415362229 9780415479318 (pbk.) 0415479312 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>School improvement programs.<br/>Educational change.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.2  / A444