Learning from L.A. : institutional change in American public education / Charles Kerchner ... [et al.].

Contributor Kerchner, Charles T.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2008.

Descriptionviii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The progressives : founding an institution -- Withdrawing legitimacy : the first step in transformaton -- Exit and entrada : demographic change and political uncertainty -- Hollowing out : the demise of local control -- New ideas : stability in the face of turbulence -- LEARN : auditions of large-scale change -- LAAMP : enter Walter Annenberg -- Implementation : excitement and challenge in the schools -- Permanent crisis : a failing school district -- Charter schools : a parallel and converging universe -- Beyond crisis : structuring politics for a new institution -- Five policy levers : what we learned from L.A.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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