Facing the Challenges of Whole-School Reform New American Schools After a Decade

• Main Author: Berends, Mark (auth)
• Other Authors: Bodilly, Susan J. (auth), Kirby, Sheila Nataraj (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2002
• Subjects: Educational strategies & policy; Age groups: children; Education; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

About a decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) set out to address theperceived lagging performance of American students and the lacklusterresults of school reform efforts. As a private nonprofit organization,NAS's mission was-and is-to help schools and districts raise studentachievement levels...