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Lonardi, Emilie M. – School Administrator, 1998
An administrative team member/restructuring facilitator analyzes the failure of a block scheduling reform in a small, suburban district. The prevailing dynamics that obstructed success were fear of change, propagandizing of data, and a culture of complacency. These problems could have been avoided by training staff to work in longer periods,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Central Office Administrators, Change Strategies, Failure