| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 723 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
At foot of t.p.: Rand Education. |
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"MG-248-FF"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: framing the problem -- Cognitively guided instruction: challenging the core of educational practice-- The national writing project: scaling up and scaling down -- Impediments to scaling up effective comprehensive school reform models -- Scaling up success for all: lessons for policy and practice -- Taking education programs to scale: lessons from the field -- Reaching for coherence in school reform: the case of America's Choice -- A different way of growing -- Co-nect at the crossroads: four considerations on getting to scale -- Scaling up turning points through autonomous regional centers -- Scaling up talent development high schools: lessons learned from comprehensive high school reform -- Taking high schools that work to scale: the evolution of a high school reform program -- The first few years of Edison Schools: ten lessons in getting to scale -- School districts as learning organizations: a strategy for scaling education reform -- Choices and consequences in the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: building the capacity to scale up whole-school improvement -- Leveraging the market to scale up school improvement programs: a fee-for-service primer for foundations and nonprofits -- Summary: toward a more systematic approach to expanding the reach of educational interventions -- Contributors -- Program descriptions and contact information. |
| Summary |
How does one spread a successful educational reform? The essays here recount the authors experiences with the scale-up process. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
School improvement programs -- United States.
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School improvement programs. |
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United States. |
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Educational change -- United States.
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Educational change. |
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Education -- Standards -- United States.
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Education -- Standards. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1935-2004.
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Rand Education (Institute)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Expanding the reach of education reforms. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004 0833036599 9780833036599 (DLC) 2004016652 (OCoLC)56014614 |
| ISBN |
9780833040657 (electronic book) |
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0833040650 (electronic book) |
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1598751158 (electronic book) |
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9781598751154 (electronic book) |
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9780833036599 (electronic book) |
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0833036599 (electronic book) |
| Report No. |
RAND/MG-248-FF |
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