Rethinking Effective Schools

Introduction, William A. Firestone. Part 1 The context for work on effective schools: educators, researchers, and the effective schools movement, William A. Firestone; the meaning and measure of school effectiveness, Craig E. Richards. Part 2 The effective schools research: strategic and holistic images of effective schools, James R. Bliss; student engagement in academic work - expanding the perspective on secondary school effectiveness, Fred M. Newman; effective schools from a British perspective - research and practice, Peter Mortimore. Part 3 Change and effectiveness: toward effective urban high schools - the importance of planning and coping, Karen Seashore Louis and Matthew B. Miles; assisting change from without - the technical assistance function, Susan Loucks-Horsley and Susan Mundry; new directions in the effective schools movement, Kent D. Peterson and Lawrence W. Lezotte. Part 4 Policies for effectiveness: effective schools and teacher professionalism - educational policy at a crossroads, Barnett Berry and Rick Ginsberg; perestroika for American education, Charles L. Glenn; site-based management - restructuring decision-making for schools, Rafael Ramirez et al; postscript, Craig E. Richards; about the contributors.