The Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools studies how organizational features of schools can be changed to increase the intellectual and social competence of students. The five-year program of research focuses on restructuring in four areas: the experiences of students in school; the professional life of teachers; the governance, management and leadership of schools; and the coordination of community resources to better serve educationally disadvantaged students.
Through syntheses of previous research, analyses of existing data, and new empirical studies of education reform, the Center focuses on six critical issues for elementary, middle and high schools: How can schooling nurture authentic forms of student achievement? How can schooling enhance educational equity? How can decentralization and local empowerment be constructively developed? How can schools be transformed into communities of learning? How can change be approached through thoughtful dialogue and support rather than coercion and regulation? How can the focus on student outcomes be shaped to serve these five principles?
In the fall and spring of each year, the Center publishes an issue report which offers in-depth analysis of critical issues in school restructuring. Issues in Restructuring Schools is distributed free to all persons on the mailing list. In addition, three "briefs" targeted to special audiences are offered yearly.
The 1995 edition of this Bibliography is scheduled for release in May. Please feel free to announce its availability. The updated version will be available on the World Wide Web through NCREL's Pathways to School Improvement Internet server, and printed copies will be available free of charge through the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools.
To order a printed copy of the 1995 Bibliography or to receive other Center publications, please contact:
Leon Lynn, Dissemination Coordinator
Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools
University of Wisconsin
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 263-7575
Internet:
llynn@macc.wisc.edu
URL: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/leon-mis.htm