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New American Schools after six years /

In July 1991, New American Schools (NAS) was established to develop designs for what were termed "break-the-mold" schools. Its initial goal was to create designs to help schools enable students to reach high educational standards. This simple goal has evolved into something considerably mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1935-2004
Autores Corporativos: Rand Education (Institute), New American Schools (Organization)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Figures and tables
  • The initiation of New American Schools
  • Overview of report
  • The potential contribution of school designs and design-based assistance to education reform
  • The nature of New American Schools designs
  • The character of the design-based assistance New American Schools design teams provide
  • Vision inherent in design
  • Strategies for implementation
  • Assessment of progress and adjustment of implementation activities
  • Resources and time to enable school transformationl
  • Continued professional support for school staff
  • Design-based assistance as a focus for jurisdictional reform
  • Potential benefits of using design-based assistance as a cornerstone of a reform strategy
  • Jurisdictional operating environments: lessons learned during implementation
  • Marching teams with schools
  • New American Schools and jurisdiction responses to problems with matching schools and design teams
  • Aggregating investment resources
  • School-level authority
  • Lack of alignment of designs with jurisdiction accountability systems
  • Professional development
  • Challenges for design teams seeking self-sufficiency
  • Evolution of New American Schools strategy for supporting design teams
  • Challenges the design teams faced in phase 3
  • Marketing and sales
  • Setting prices for services and materials
  • Building a staff to provide assistance
  • Further development of products and services
  • New American Schools' assistance to teams for business planning
  • Looking to the future
  • Whole school designs
  • Design-based assistance.