Charting Chicago School Reform: Democratic Localism As A Lever For Change [Hardcover]

In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. This book tells the story of what happened to Chicago's elementary schools in the first four years of this reform. Implicit in this reform is the theory that expanded local democratic participation would stimulate organizational change within schools, which iPrologue -- Framing Our Analysis: Locating Chicago School Reform Within an Institutional Change Perspective -- Politics as a Lever for Organizational Change -- Catalyzing Basic Organizational Change at the Building Level -- Instructional Change -- Testing the Basic Logic of the Chicago School Reform Act -- A Closer Look at Actively Restructuring Schools -- Major Lessons from the Initiating Phase of Chicago School ReformThis book represents a synthesis of what the authors learned from the first four years of Chicago school reform. It discusses the additional changes needed at the school site and district level if decentralization, Chicago-style, is to result in improvement in learning opportunities for children.Anthony Bryk, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, John EastonUSCopyright ? 1998 by Taylor & Francis