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Identify the historical and institutional conditions that allow educational reforms to achieve lasting success either system-wide or within protected niches.

April 11, 2017American Educational Research JournalOpen Access

Why Reform Sometimes Succeeds: Understanding the Conditions That Produce Reforms That Last

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DCDavid K. CohenHarvard University JMJal MehtaHarvard University Press

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Historical policy analysis reveals key drivers of lasting educational change in public school systems, highlighting the role of teacher alignment, public support, and supportive infrastructure.

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Identify the historical and institutional conditions that allow educational reforms to achieve lasting success either system-wide or within protected niches.
Historical and policy analysis examining American public school reform efforts from the founding of public education to the present.
Comparative analysis distinguishing the structural mechanics of broad, system-wide reforms from localized niche educational reforms.
Enduring system-wide reforms successfully addressed problems acknowledged by teachers, aligned with prevailing community norms, mobilized public constituencies, and established supportive educational infrastructure.
Ambitious instructional reforms frequently failed to take root across entire systems but achieved persistence by establishing protected educational niches.

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Cohen et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9910264dca4b63f8f5a620 https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831217700078

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Historical policy analysis reveals key drivers of lasting educational change in public school systems, highlighting the role of teacher alignment, public support, and supportive infrastructure.

Why Reform Sometimes Succeeds: Understanding the Conditions That Produce Reforms That Last

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Why Reform Sometimes Succeeds: Understanding the Conditions That Produce Reforms That Last

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