The "Grammar" of Schooling: Why Has It Been So Hard to Change?.

Tyack, David; Tobin, William

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ497057

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

The "Grammar" of Schooling: Why Has It Been So Hard to Change?

Tyack, David; Tobin, William

American Educational Research Journal, v31 n3 p453-79 Fall 1994

Why established institutional forms of schooling have been so stable and why most challenges do not succeed is studied through case studies of reform that include the Dalton Plan; the Eight-Year Study, a secondary school reform plan; and the new model flexible high school of the 1960s. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Instructional Program Divisions, Models, Political Influences, School Restructuring, Traditionalism

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

IES Cited: ED546207

Author Affiliations: N/A