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Creating the Capacity for Change
How and Why Governors and Legislatures Are Opening a New-Schools Sector in Public Education
By Ted Kolderie
Preface
Introduction: A systemic change is transforming the K-12 system
Part One: How existing arrangements obstruct improvement
- Chapter 1: Incentives shape organizations’ behavior
- Chapter 2: The incentives are not aligned with the mission
- Chapter 3: Why the institution defends the existing system
- Chapter 4: Now the old system feels new pressures for change
Part Two: How to create a self-improving institution
- Chapter 5: Change ‘school’ so it will motivate students
- Chapter 6: Keep pressing the districts to change and improve
- Chapter 7: Enlarge the districts’ capacity to create new schools
- Chapter 8: Create new entities to authorize new schools/li>
- Chapter 9: Let the teachers lead the learning, if they wish
Part Three: What will it take to get it done?
- Chapter 10: Work through the power of state lawmaking
- Chapter 11: Think clearly
Part Four: How quickly can it be done?
- Chapter 12: If the leadership in K-12 decides to move . . .
- Chapter 13: If the leadership job falls to the community
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