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Publication Date: 2010-Nov
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Unbundling Promises and Problems
Mehta, Jal; Spillane, Jim
Phi Delta Kappan, v92 n3 p48-50, 52 Nov 2010
Reformers hope that by unbundling schools--taking apart the current structures and routines and putting them together in new ways--we can create better schools. But there is no guarantee that it would improve schools in three areas that we know matter: coherence and infrastructure, the instructional core, and political accountability. However, rebundling--breaking apart the process of schooling into its component elements and then repackaging them into some intermediate-sized units--might provide for greater internal coherence.
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Accountability, Instructional Innovation, Administrative Organization, Politics of Education, Organizational Change, Educational Policy, Barriers
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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