A01=Jonathan Supovitz
Author_Jonathan Supovitz
Category=JNK
education reform
educational change
educational innovations
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instructional leadership
organizational learning
school improvement
twenty-first -century school district
Product details
- ISBN 9781891792274
- Weight: 419g
- Dimensions: 151 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1999, under the superintendancy of retired Air Force major general John Fryer, the Duval County (Fla.) school system set out to improve every school in the district. Over the next five years, the district achieved stunning results that have drawn nationwide attention. Supovitz uses the unfolding story of Duval County to develop a sophisticated and thoughtful analysis of the role of the school district in enacting large-scale reform. Drawing on interviews, surveys, and extensive first-hand observation, Supovitz chalks a vivid portrait. The Case for District-Based Reform weaves together seamlessly the account of leadership and change in one district with an investigation of the larger questions associated with this particular approach to school reform.
Jonathan A. Supovitz is an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior researcher at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
