What really counts in improving schools? / Thomas J. Sergiovanni -- Improving the basis of school reform. Present & future directions in school reform / A. Harry Passow -- Measuring up : standards for evaluating school reform / Douglas E. Mitchell -- Who should control the schools? Reassessing current policies / Michael W. Kirst -- The school as the center of change / Kenneth A. Sirotnik -- Teachers & learners : The cornerstone of reform. Teacher efficacy & quality schooling / Judith E. Lanier, Michael W. Sedlak -- Balancing specialized & comprehensive knowledge : the growing educational challenge / Howard Gardner -- Teaching alone, learning together : needed agendas for the new reforms / Lee S. Shulman -- Professional knowledge & reflective practice / Donald A. Schön -- Restructuring school management. The leadership needed for quality schooling / Thomas J. Sergiovanni -- The principal & the profession of teaching / Roland S. Barth -- The district superintendent & the restructuring of schools : a realistic appraisal / Larry Cuban. (cont.) Renouncing bureaucracy : a democratic structure for leadership in schools / David L. Clark, Judith M. Meloy -- Issues of professionalism. Professional teaching : a new paradigm for the management of education / Arthur E. Wise -- Uncertainty & decisionmaking in teaching : implications for managing line professionals / Samuel B. Bacharach, Sharon C. Conley -- How professional organizations work : implications for school organization & management / Karl E. Weick, Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr. -- Career ladders : a good idea going awry / Phillip C. Schlechty -- A postscript on school improvement. The reasons for reforming schools / Ronald S. Brandt -- Postscript to the conference / Rebecca Canning -- Better schools for the twenty-first century : a school improvement proposal / John H. Moore.
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