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Title

The District Role in Instructional Improvement

Author(s)

Thomas B. Corcoran, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Susan H. Fuhrman, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Catherine L. Belcher, University of Pennsylvania

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

September 2001

Comments

Copyright Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc. Reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, Volume 83, Issue 1, September 2001, pages 78-84.

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Abstract

Are changing conditions affecting the capacity of districts to provide focus, to coordinate support, and to scale up successful reforms? From a study of the roles played by central office staff members in shaping and supporting instructional reforms in three large urban districts, the authors derive an answer.