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Other Related Resources
- Asking the Right Questions - A School Change Toolkit- McREL
- The site provides information about systems theory and describes an effective way to view school
systems - by looking at them as consisting of three domains. Using this perspective can help you
simplify the complexity of school systems, adopt multiple ways of viewing them, and better understand the interconnectivity
of their various parts.
- From WHOLE SCHOOL to WHOLE SYSTEM Reform - The National Clearninghouse for Comprehensive School Reform - April, 2004 - This report outlines
policy recommendations for federal, state, and district leaders charged with implementing or integrating Comprehensive School
Reform (CSR) effectively within the larger context of education policy. Recommendations are organized around the three
following areas: 1) using data to align systems; 2) addressing school context issues; and 3) strengthening teaching
and school leadership. Recommendations in these three areas are made for various roles, including federal, state, and
district. The report recognizes that whole or comprehensive school reform by itself is an incomplete theory of action
and that whole district reform is needed to create the environment for improving learning of all students - the central aim
of policy makers at all levels. A lesson learned is that model developers and other local intermediaries
recognize that no school provides a blank slate for reform efforts. All external change agents who wish to help schools
improve must recognize the need to reconcile the many complex activities that occur in a school and district simultaneously
in order to maintain coherence when new initiatives are adopted.
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