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100 1 $aShapiro, Arthur S.,$d1928-
245 10 $aMaking large schools work :$bthe advantages of small schools /$cArthur Shapiro.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c©2009.
300 $axiv, 194 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-192).
520 $a"American schools are undergoing huge changes, among the most significant of which is that their size is increasing rapidly. This book lays out very practical approaches to making our ever-increasingly large schools work more effectively."--[book cover].
505 0 $aSection I : Size generates shoals that can wreck us -- Size really matters : a sea of troubles (Why do we have problems making large schools work?) Comparing and contrasting large and small schools -- Our assumptions and beliefs drive us : we hardly realize what they are -- and that they do -- Section II: How organizations (read schools) work---their dynamics -- How to make sure we stay afloat (How to work with the dynamics of the school, so we don't screw up too badly) and how to create a healthy subculture in the process -- Hidden eddies that can drive us off course : metaphors and images of organizations that often dominate our thinking -- and a curriculum-steering task force that generates controlled change as a routine -- Five hidden whirlpools (pulls, or centers of influence) that the five parts of the organization inevitably generate -- Adrift, out of control, plunging over the waterfall? (OK, once we get our schools productive, how do we keep them there?) -- Power and its uses : sink or swim -- Leadership -- the impact of the Honcho (If we find a honcho to diagnose and to steer us through the shoals) -- Section III : Strategies on how to get there -- Paddling into the current : top-down change strategies, and this one -- how to pull it off : making plans work by finessing resistance -- Section IV : Three case studies to demonstrate how to pull off improving schools by decentralizing -- Example 1 : Beliefs, myths, and realities : decentralizing a rogue Junior High into a model middle school (despite the riptides) -- Example 2 : Moving a large elementary school into a decentralized constructivist model (and the scores jumped up) -- Example 2, continued : Success! Three (and, postscript, now five) years of constructivism : spectacular changes -- and the scores jumped up (still perking, but needing to replan) -- Example 3: Making a large inner-city high school work by decentralizing it -- steering it through the currents -- Section V: What did we do? Why did it work? How can I do it? By building an infrastructure and culture to make it work--absolutely crucial -- Summing up very briefly : size really matters -- decentralization works -- seawalls revisited : four infrastructures to keep the renewal process surging.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aShapiro, Arthur S., 1928-$tMaking large schools work.$dLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2009$w(OCoLC)735517697
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