This report provides a brief overview highlighting why policymakers should expand the focus of school reform to encompass a reframing and restructuring of education support programs and services and school-community partnerships. The report also suggests ways to accomplish this. It is time for reform advocates to expand their emphasis on improving…

Total Quality Management is being implemented in American and British schools to improve educational outcomes. The 14 points of Deming's quality model and Porter's models of competition and drivers of cost provide a systematic, structured template to promote educational excellence and meet the demands of social, political, and economic forces.…

Examines why schools and teachers are stalled in their efforts to become more learning oriented, using site-based management as an example of certain desirable and undesirable elements of school reform. Radical reculturing of the school as institution and basic redesign of the teaching profession are recommended to achieve necessary changes. (SM)

Discussion of school reorganization and reform focuses on standards and guidelines for school library media programs. Highlights include professional association guidelines, selected planning and evaluation instruments, and current state standards and guidelines. (LRW)

An in-depth analysis of data on two restructured schools assessed the impact of school organization on programs that provide social, health, and career development services for at-risk students. The analysis illustrates that unless the services become an integrated part of a community of concerned adults, their potential is lessened. (SLD)

The school-linked services integration reform movement and its implications for professional practice in the fields of special and remedial education are discussed. A postmodern theoretical framework for considering the necessary methods and value orientation of the reform movement is provided. Key examples of the school-linked services…

The effects of school restructuring on teacher education are explored. A research review of literature on teacher preparation over the past 10 years suggests that teacher commitment and collaboration are conditions that promote change to traditional teacher education practice. Needed changes in organizational policies and structures are also…

Provides an overview of current and of future budgetary conditions in higher education and their relation to trends, emerging issues, budget influence on restructuring, and relationships to larger institutional issues. Suggests ways the budgeting process can lead to creative and responsive restructuring. Emphasizes reallocation, retrenchment, and…

Explores stressors, role changes, and paradoxes encountered by four administrators and two teacher-leaders since their high school began restructuring in 1994. Identifies decision-making anxieties, role conflict and ambiguity, and accountability apprehension as sources of stress. Restructuring was impeded by training inadequacies; bureaucratic,…

A case study of two school boards in Alberta examines how financially driven policy reforms have been translated into practice at the level of school districts and schools. Describes the policy games adopted by district- and school-level administrators as well as the consequences of policy directives. (Contains 38 references.) (MLF)

Summarizes major differences between, and compatibility of, site-based management (SBM) and choice as strategies for restructuring schools. Examines the following areas of comparison: focus; impact timing; nature of impacts; teacher empowerment; empowerment basis; roles assigned parents; professionalization strategy; accountability; change…

A staff development program for a New Jersey school district involved a day-long visit to a new corporate office complex to acquaint teachers with a modern electronic office and the need to prepare students for the modern workplace. (MLF)

Describes a plan for a professional development program in educational systems design to prepare facilitators in educational change and restructuring efforts. Highlights include roles in the change process; values and criteria for design; change strategies; emotional stages; attitudinal roadblocks; and needed competencies and skills, including…

Philosophical and theoretical debates have created some uncertain direction in the curriculum field. The article claims that efforts toward systematic curriculum reform may fail because of inconsistency, maintaining that effective curricular and systematic reform will occur when stakeholders agree on intended goals and identify actions that…

The experiences of two school districts (Omaha, Nebraska, and Littleton, Colorado) highlight the actions needed to maintain the momentum of school improvement. Factors that influence momentum include strong and stable leadership, sufficient time to build relationships, empowerment of key parties, parental involvement, community support, staff…