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ERIC Number: EJ497058
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991-93.
Mirel, Jeffrey
American Educational Research Journal, v31 n3 p481-518 Fall 1994
This examination of the New American Schools Development Corporation initiative in Bensenville (Illinois) details the controversy over the reform effort and argues that factors such as school governance, local control, and school finance played major roles in determining program outcomes. The importance of political influences in reform efforts is stressed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conflict, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Political Influences, Program Development, Program Evaluation, School Restructuring
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Illinois (Bensenville); Local Control; New American Schools Development Corporation; Reform Efforts
Note: Special section on social and institutional analysis with the theme "School Reform."