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Firestone, William A. – 1980
This book describes the chain stretching from President Nixon's announcement of the Experimental Schools Program in 1969 to the midpoint of its implementation in the Butte-Angels Camp School District (pseudonym for a small mountainous district 400 miles from Denver) in 1976. The story is told in some detail to illustrate the complexities of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Conflict
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1992
A discussion of recent trends in state educational reform stresses the importance of addressing two challenges: teaching all students higher order thinking and developing more systematic, coherent policies. The article describes the challenges, examines how state policies in the 1980s addressed them and how districts responded, and suggests future…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
