Descriptor
Author
| Porter, Maureen K. | 5 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Kentucky | 5 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Kentucky Education Reform Act… | 5 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textPorter, Maureen K. – 1995
The systemic reform exemplified by the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) requires the coupling of top-down state mandates with bottom-up advocacy and leadership. This research on an Eastern Kentucky school district details the dynamics at the district's main high school, as people struggle to build both a community of learners within…
Descriptors: Alienation, Community Control, Community Involvement, Educational Change
Porter, Maureen K. – 1996
This dissertation examines how stakeholders in an Appalachian Kentucky high school addressed educational problems that they targeted for reform. Set against the backdrop of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), this ethnographic study describes the challenges of effectively coupling top-down state mandates with bottom-up advocacy and…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Control, Community Relations, Educational Change
Porter, Maureen K. – 1996
This dissertation, which won the Dissertation of the Year Award, examines how stakeholders in an Appalachian Kentucky high school addressed educational problems that they had targeted for reform. Set against the backdrop of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), this ethnographic study describes the challenges of effectively coupling top-down…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Control, Community Relations, Educational Change
Direct linkPorter, Maureen K. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1996
A year-long ethnographic investigation examined how stakeholders in an Appalachian Kentucky high school addressed educational problems that they had targeted for reform while resisting state priorities and policies mandated in the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). Contrasts KERA objectives with cultural themes prominent in this poor…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Control, Community Relations, Educational Change
Peer reviewedPorter, Maureen K. – Rural Educator, 1997
Faced with mandated reforms of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, a mountain community grappled with the challenges of coupling top-down state mandates with bottom-up advocacy and engagement. A year of participant observation revealed six interrelated and paradoxical themes that emerged as these Appalachians created local ownership of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change
