School Innovation from the Ground Up: Some Dilemmas.

Miles, Matthew B.

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ERIC Number: EJ224718

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Publication Date: 1980

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School Innovation from the Ground Up: Some Dilemmas.

Miles, Matthew B.

New York University Education Quarterly, v11 n2 p2-9 Win 1980

This article reports highlights of a four-year study, by the Center for Policy Research, of the planning and implementation of six innovative public schools. Most people who planned new school programs vastly underestimated the complexity of the enterprise. Dilemmas are outlined and illustrated. (Author/KC)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Building Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends, Facility Planning, Failure, Nontraditional Education, Opinions, Public Schools, Social Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General

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Language: English

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