CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL REFORM: THE POST--COLD WAR ERA

Introduction: Social Changes and School Reform

School Reform in the 1980s and 1990s

• Contemporary School Reform: Its Languages and Themes
• Schooling as a Response to New Social and Economic Conditions
• The New Consensus on Excellence in Education
• Restructuring
• Changes Brought by the Early Stages of the Contemporary Reform Movement

Contemporary School Reform: A Critical View

• The Political-Economic Origins of the Contemporary School Reform Movement
• The Ideology of Contemporary School Reform

Current Concerns about School Reform

• Teachers' Voices
• Whose Needs Are Being Met?

School Reform in a New Century

School Reform 2001: New and Continuing Initiatives

• School Choice, Vouchers, and Charters
• Standards-Based Professional Preparation and Development of Teachers

Concluding Remarks

Primary Source Reading: Why Johnny Can't Think

Questions for Discussion and Examination