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EJ517885 EA531757
Title: The Road to Classroom Change.Author(s): Guskey, Thomas R.; Peterson, Kent D.
Source: Educational Leadership, v53 n4 p10-14 Dec-Jan 1995-96
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0013-1784
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1996
Specific problems
(involving power, implementation, mission, time management, expertise,
cultural constraints, avoidance, and motivation) are keeping school-based
decision making from improving teaching and learning. Educators
must begin with a clear mission, set explicit goals for the decision-making
process, alter governance structures to provide stakeholders with
real authority, and involve the community. (14 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators; *Community Involvement;
*Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; *Goal Orientation;
Guidelines; *Institutional Mission; Parent Participation; Professional
Development; *Program Implementation; *School Based Management;
Time Management
Identifiers: Kentucky; *School Cultures
