Compares the influence of policy frameworks guiding collaborative initiatives in a Kentucky elementary school and an Ontario (Canada) collegiate school, both participants in two larger longitudinal studies. Explores complex issues related to participants' professional service ethic and advocacy role. Despite institutional pressures for constrained…

The more revolutionary, drastic education reform efforts are usually supported by new governmental legislation. This book offers three case studies of drastic reform carried out in Kentucky, Alberta, and Chicago. The reforms can be visualized in terms of how close they are to the alternative aims of expert guidance, social activism, and an…