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Christman, Jolley Bruce – 2001
This report details what happened in Philadelphia's middle schools during the Children Achieving reform effort, a comprehensive, one-size-fits-all reform project. Based on research of the program over a 5-year period, the paper explains why reforms fell short of their intended outcomes. The critical levers for change were content standards, the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Middle Schools