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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ965552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-4669
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Tinkering and Turnarounds: Understanding the Contemporary Campaign to Improve Low-Performing Schools
Duke, Daniel L.
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, v17 n1-2 p9-24 2012
An unprecedented amount of attention in recent years has been focused on turning around low-performing schools. Drawing on insights from Tyack and Cuban's (1995) "Tinkering Toward Utopia," the article analyzes the forces behind the school turnaround phenomenon and how they have evolved since passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. The article concludes by considering whether turnaround efforts represent the kind of reforms that Tyack and Cuban characterized as tinkering.
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Schools, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, School Closing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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