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Download full textPorter, Maureen K. – 1995
The systemic reform exemplified by the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) requires the coupling of top-down state mandates with bottom-up advocacy and leadership. This research on an Eastern Kentucky school district details the dynamics at the district's main high school, as people struggle to build both a community of learners within…
Descriptors: Alienation, Community Control, Community Involvement, Educational Change
