National comprehensive school reform: An analysis of six reform models 1980--2000.

摘要

This study analyzes six different National Comprehensive Reform Models through multiple lenses. It seeks to discover how the models of ATLAS Communities, Accelerated Schools Plus, Co-nect Schools, Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound, Modern Red SchoolHouse and Urban Learning Centers both restructure and reculture the schools in which they are implemented. It is an historical study that begins with a brief history of federal programs and activities in education, followed by a discussion of the history of both the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program and New American Schools. Finally, it examines how these models respond to various aspects of sociopolitics, economics, and the federal legislation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.