Getting Reform Right: What Works and What Doesn't

Instead of developing a new strategy for each reform wave, educators must learn how to foster continuous improvement. Reforms often fail because of faulty maps of change, complex problems, overreliance on symbols, superficial solutions, misunderstood resistance, attrition, and misuse of knowledge. S...

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Published in:Phi Delta Kappan 1992-06, Vol.73 (10), p.744-752
Main Authors: Fullan, Michael G., Miles, Matthew B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Change Strategies
Continuity
Curricula
Education
Educational administration
Educational Change
Educational innovation
Educational innovations
Educational Objectives
Educational reform
Educational research
Elementary Secondary Education
Failure
Federal Programs
High schools
Management Practices
Methods
Planning
Political reform
Politics of Education
Problem Solving
Reforms
Resistance to Change
School improvement programs
School Restructuring
Success
Symbolism
Teacher education
Teacher Educators
Teachers
Teaching methods
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Summary:Instead of developing a new strategy for each reform wave, educators must learn how to foster continuous improvement. Reforms often fail because of faulty maps of change, complex problems, overreliance on symbols, superficial solutions, misunderstood resistance, attrition, and misuse of knowledge. Success means recognizing change as a systemic, resource-hungry, locally inspired journey into uncertainty and complex problem solving. (22 references)
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487