Reform as Learning

Synopsis

Drawing on the systemic educational reform implemented in San Diego between 1998 and 2002, this book explores the range of critical issues raised by the school reform process, looking at all levels of the reform from leadership in the central office, to principals and teachers, to the day-to-day impact in the classroom. With carefully collected ethnographic research from the entire four years of the reform, the authors identify how individual education professionals were affected by the changes and, in turn, how these educators shaped the reform, drawing out broader conclusions on how actors throughout a school system can change the views of leaders. As such, it will appeal to anyone interested in the processes of school reform, educational policy or school leadership, as well as policy makers and researchers.