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Montgomery, Ken; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Campbell, Carol – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2011
In this multi-method case study, the authors explore the success of school reform in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), whose school reform combines a portfolio strategy and a managed instruction approach. Portfolio strategy is a term used to describe an approach that decentralizes resources and decision-making to school sites--increasingly in…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), School Restructuring, Educational Change, Accountability
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Wei, Ruth Chung; Andree, Alethea; Richardson, Nikole; Orphanos, Stelios – National Staff Development Council, 2009
Improving professional learning for educators is a crucial step in transforming schools and improving academic achievement. To meet federal requirements and public expectations for school and student performance, the nation needs to bolster teacher skills and knowledge to ensure that every teacher is able to teach increasingly diverse learners,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Educational Opportunities