One of the great challenges now facing education reformers in the United States is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nations notoriously fragmented and politically conflicted school systems. Various programs have tried to do that, but only a few have succeeded.Improvement by Designlooks at three different programs, seeking to understand why two of themAmericas Choice and Success for Allworked, and why the thirdAccelerated Schools Projectdid not.
The authors identify four critical puzzles that the successful programs were able to solve: design, implementation, improvement, and sustainability. Pinpointing the specific solutions that clearly improved instruction, they identify the key elements that all successful reform programs share. Offering urgently needed guidance for state and local school systems as they attempt to respond to future reform proposals,Improvement by Designgets America one step closer to truly successful education systems.
The authors identify four critical puzzles that the successful programs were able to solve: design, implementation, improvement, and sustainability. Pinpointing the specific solutions that clearly improved instruction, they identify the key elements that all successful reform programs share. Offering urgently needed guidance for state and local school systems as they attempt to respond to future reform proposals,Improvement by Designgets America one step closer to truly successful education systems.
