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Public Service Reform in Education: Why Is Progress so Slow?
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Barker, Bernard – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2009
This case study examines why public-sector reform in education often fails to deliver expected performance gains. Longitudinal evidence from a secondary comprehensive located in a former coalfield is used to identify constraints that frustrate government policies. Although the head and senior staff at Norcross School adopted transformational,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Service