Restructuring in the Classroom

RICHARD F. ELMORE is professor of education and chairman of programs in administration, planning, and social policy at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. PENELOPE L. PETERSON is University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University and president-elect of the American Educational Research Association. SARAH J. MCCARTHEY is an assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.

• 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Organization and Practice. LAKEVIEW SCHOOL. 2. A Principal Leads the Way. 3. Teams and Themes. 4. Self-Esteem and Self-Expression. 5. Structure and Practice. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 6. The Development of a District's Flagship. 7. Active Learning in Mathematics. 8. Developing Teams. 9. A Model of School Restructuring? NORTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 10. An Alternative School is Born. 11. Reading and Writing. 12. Learning Science. 13. Fitting Structure to Practice. 14. Conclusion: Restructuring Teaching.

"A lucid, vivid, and persuasive account of the slipperyrelationship between school organization and classroom teaching. Bymelding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authorsilluminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. Thisbook will shape educational research and reform for many years tocome." (David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History,Stanford University) "A compelling demonstration that innovative organizationalstructures are often appropriated to enact teachers' priorconceptions of teaching. This confirms what our studies have found:that changes in school structure or even in teaching practice offerno guarantees for enhancing the intellectual quality of studentlearning." (Fred M. Newman, director, Center on Organization andRestructuring of Schools, and professor of curriculum andinstruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison)