Challenges of Conflicting School Reforms Effects of New American Schools in a High-Poverty District

• Main Author: Berends, Mark (auth)
• Other Authors: Chun, JoAn (auth), Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler (auth), Stockly, Sue (auth), Briggs, R. J. (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

A decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) launched an ambitious effort forwhole-school reform to address the perceived lagging achievement of Americanstudents and the lackluster school reform attempts that have produced so fewmeaningful changes. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS set out tohelp...