DOCUMENT RESUME ED 428 426 EA 029 526 TITLE Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States. INSTITUTION Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 34p.; For related documents, see EA 029 528-530. AVAILABLE FROM Education Commission of the States, 707 17th Street, Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202-3427; Tel: 303/266-3692; Web site: http://www.ecs.org (Item no. AN-98-5). PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Models; Program Descriptions; Program Guides IDENTIFIERS *Reform Efforts; United States ABSTRACT This guide is designed to help state leaders identify which comprehensive school-reform models have been adopted throughout the United States. It provides information on states being targeted by developers and the capacity of each design team. The guide is divided into 4 sections: Developers in States; Developers' Capacity; List of Developers; and Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) Program Resources and Publications. The section on Developers in States features an alphabetical listing of each state and lists current developers in each state, the names of developers expanding in 1958-9F, aad the names cf deve3opers prcjecti_n expansion or expanding in 1999-2000. The section on developers' capacity lists the developer name, the current number of schools in which the developer is, the additional schools targeted for 1998-2000, and whether the developer will work with individual schools and with clusters of schools. The guidebook profiles 26 models in all. Since the CSRD program provides $150 million for the scale up of schoolwide reform nationwide, it is hoped that this approach will address each school's curriculum and instructional needs; provide enriched professional development for teachers; strengthen parental involvement; improve school management; and help with school operations. (RJM) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************
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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 428 426 EA 029 526
TITLE Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide forStates.
INSTITUTION Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO.PUB DATE 1998-00-00NOTE 34p.; For related documents, see EA 029 528-530.AVAILABLE FROM Education Commission of the States, 707 17th Street, Suite
2700, Denver, CO 80202-3427; Tel: 303/266-3692; Web site:http://www.ecs.org (Item no. AN-98-5).
PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055)EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Elementary
Secondary Education; Models; Program Descriptions; ProgramGuides
IDENTIFIERS *Reform Efforts; United States
ABSTRACTThis guide is designed to help state leaders identify which
comprehensive school-reform models have been adopted throughout the UnitedStates. It provides information on states being targeted by developers andthe capacity of each design team. The guide is divided into 4 sections:Developers in States; Developers' Capacity; List of Developers; andComprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) Program Resources andPublications. The section on Developers in States features an alphabeticallisting of each state and lists current developers in each state, the namesof developers expanding in 1958-9F, aad the names cf deve3opers prcjecti_nexpansion or expanding in 1999-2000. The section on developers' capacitylists the developer name, the current number of schools in which thedeveloper is, the additional schools targeted for 1998-2000, and whether thedeveloper will work with individual schools and with clusters of schools. Theguidebook profiles 26 models in all. Since the CSRD program provides $150million for the scale up of schoolwide reform nationwide, it is hoped thatthis approach will address each school's curriculum and instructional needs;provide enriched professional development for teachers; strengthen parentalinvolvement; improve school management; and help with school operations.(RJM)
The Education Commission of the States is anonprofit, nationwide interstate compact formedin 1965 to help governors, state legislators, stateeducation officials and others develop policies to
improve the quality of education. The ECS officeis located in Denver, Colorado.
It is ECS policy to take affirmative action to pre-vent discrimination in its policies, programs andemployment practices.
4ECS Selecting School Refoirn Models. A Reference Guide for States
This easy-to-read reference guide isdesigned to help state leaders:
Identify which comprehensiveschool reform models have beenadopted to date in each state
Learn which states developers aretargeting for the 1998-99 and1999-2000 school years
See the number of schools thatdesign teams have the capacity towork with from now until the year2000.
This guide also provides informationfor state leaders to contact developersdirectly, as well as a list of additionalresources on comprehensive schoolreform.
To learn more about the 26 models*profiled in this guide, please seeA Catalog of School Reform Modelspublished by the Northwest RegionalEducational Laboratory, with assis-tance from the Education Commissionof the States.
The Comprehensive School ReformDemonstration Program (CSRD)provides $150 million for the scale upof schoolwide reform nationwide. Thisapproach addresses each school'scurriculum and instruction; providesenriched professional development forteachers; strengthens parental involve-ment; improves school management;and tackles other aspects of a school'soperation. Under the federal program,individual schools that are eligible forfunding receive no less than $50,000each. States must apply to the U.S.Department of Education for funding.
ECS will update the information in thisreference guide on our Web site atwww.ecs.org. For additional informa-tion on CSRD or copies of this guide(AN-98-5) and other publications,please contact ECS at 303-299-3692 orview the ECS Web site. ECS grantspermission to reproduce and distributethis material for nonprofit purposeswith copyright visible.
*Two models created by the samedeveloper (Success for All and Roots& Wings) are listed together.
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Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States ECS
EDUCATION
COMMISSION
or THE STATES
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State Currentdevelopersin state
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1998-99
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1999-2000
Core KnowledgeDifferent Ways of
KnowingFoxfireHigh Schools
That WorkMontessoriSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
Co-NECTHigh/ScopeModern Red
Schoolhouse
ExpeditionaryLearningOutward Bound
Modern RedSchoolhouse
Coalition ofEssential Schools
Co-NECTCore KnowledgeMontessoriOnward to
ExcellenceSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
High SchoolsThat Work
Onward toExcellence
ExpeditionaryLearningOutward Bound
Onward toExcellence
None None see notes None see notes
AcceleratedSchools Project
Coalition ofEssential Schools
Core KnowledgeFoxfireHigh/ScopeMontessoriSuccess for All/
Roots & WingsUrban Learning
Purpose-CenteredEducation(Audrey CohenCollege)
Urban LearningCenters
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Coalition ofEssential Schools
High/ScopeUrban Learning
Centers
Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States ECS
Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States ECS 15
State Currentdevelopersin state
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1998-99
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1999-2000
Ay AcceleratedSchools Project
Core KnowledgeFoxfireSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
High/Scope Co-NECTPurpose-Centered
Education(Audrey CohenCollege)
AcceleratedSchools Project
America's ChoiceSchool Design
Coalition ofEssential Schools
Core KnowledgeFoxfire
ATLAS CommunitiesExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
ATLAS CommunitiesExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
High/Scope (pre-school level)
Montessori
High/Scope High/Scope
AcceleratedSchools Project
ATLAS CommunitiesCoalition of
Essential SchoolsCore KnowledgeHigh Schools
That WorkMontessoriSchool Development
ProgramSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
Co-NECTModern Red
Schoolhouse
ATLAS CommunitiesExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
Modern RedSchoolhouse
ECS16 Uk-ev, Rektad, fiAtom Net& A ftitiono 6401P qui allka
State Currentdevelopersin state
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1998-99
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1999-2000
AcceleratedSchools Project
America's ChoiceSchool Design
Coalition ofEssential Schools
Core KnowledgeDifferent Ways
of KnowingExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
FoxfireHigh/ScopeLeague of
ProfessionalSchools
Modern RedSchoolhouse
MontessoriNational Paideia
CenterOnward to
ExcellencePurpose-Centered
Education(Audrey CohenCollege)
School DevelopmentProgram
Success for All/Roots & Wings
ATLAS CommunitiesCoalition of
Essential SchoolsDifferent Ways
of KnowingExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
High/ScopeOnward to
ExcellencePurpose-Centered
Education(Audrey CohenCollege)
Urban LearningCenters
ATLAS CommunitiesCo-NECTDifferent Ways
of KnowingExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
High/ScopeNational Paideia
CenterOnward to
ExcellencePurpose-Centered
Education(Audrey CohenCollege)
Success for All/Roots & Wings
Urban LearningCenters
America's ChoiceSchool Design
Community forLearning
Core KnowledgeEdison ProjectHigh/ScopeModern Red
SchoolhouseMontessoriSchool Development
ProgramSuccess for All/
Roots & WingsTalent Development
High School withCareer Academies
None see notes
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None see notes
Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States ECS 17
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State Currentdevelopersin state
Developerstargeting orexpandingin 1998-99
Developerstargeting orexpand ingin 1999-2000
America's ChoiceSchool Design
FoxfireHigh Schools
That WorkSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
Co-NECT ExpeditionaryLearningOutward Bound
AcceleratedSchools Project
Coalition ofEssential Schools
Core KnowledgeFoxfireHigh/ScopeMontessoriSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
Coalition ofEssential Schools
CommunityLearning Centers
Co-NECTExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
ATLAS CommunitiesExpeditionary
LearningOutward Bound
High/Scope
Core_KnowledgeSuccess for All/
Roots & Wings
None-- see notes None see notes
NOTES:
These developers will respond to interestedschools/districts in ALL states:Community for Learning, Core Knowledge, DirectInstruction, High Schools That Work, League ofProfessional Schools (prefers to work in theSoutheast), Montessori, National Paideia Center,Success for All/Roots & Wings (strongest ineast, south, southwest and west), TalentDevelopment High School with CareerAcademies
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These developers have specific requirements:
Developers are especially interested in expandingin areas near their existing schools and/or districts:Accelerated Schools Project, Foxfire, High/Scope,Onward to Excellence, School Development Program.
Developer will work in states with strong charterlaws, primarily in the midwest and west:Community Learning Centers.
Developer will focus on large urban districts inwestern states:Urban Learning Centers.
ECS Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States
EDUCATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATES
I. I . ' I .It II; ' in II I II
AcceleratedSchools Project
1,000 +200 +200 will consider prefer
America's ChoiceSchool Design
300 +200 +200
ATLASCommunities
57 +25 +60 elementary-high schoolpathways**
Coalition ofEssential Schools
1000 +75-100 +75-100
Community forLearning
53 +150 +300-500
CommunityLearning Centers
5 +10 +15-20 will consider prefer
Co-NECT Schools 65 +150 +200
Core Knowledge 750 unlimited unlimited
Different Waysof Knowing
300 +50-100 unlimited
Direct instruction 52 +15 +30
Edison Project 25 +16 not yetdetermined
ExpeditionaryLearningOutward Bound
47 +20-30 +30
Foxfire***
High SchoolsThat Work
800 +100-150 +250-300
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I. A I11
11 111
High/Scope 42 +13 +15
League ofProfessional Schools
103 +10-50 +10-50
Modern RedSchoolhouse
45 +15-20 +40 prefer
Montessori 214 +30 +30
National PaideiaCenter
80 +10 +20
Onward to Excellence 200 +50 +100
Purpose-CenteredEducation(Audrey CohenCollege)
16 unlimited unlimited
School DevelopmentProgram
721 +3 districts(up to 75
schools total)
+2-3 districts(up to 75
schools total)
Success for All/Roots & Wings
750 +400 +600 prefer
Talent DevelopmentHigh School withCareer Academies
6 +12-20 +12-20 prefer
Urban LearningCenters
19 +40 +80
*Cluster a group of geographically close schools that band together for service by school reform developers.This may occur within a district or across district boundaries.
** Pathway a group of schools within a district that feed into one another, following the pathway fromelementary school, to middle school, to high school.
***Foxfire works with individual teachers, rather than schools. Please contact them directly for moreinformation (see list of developers). ry
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EDUCATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATES
BEST COPY AVAILABLE
ACCELERATED SCHOOLS PROJECT
Claudette SpragueNational Center for the Accelerated SchoolsProject
Stanford UniversityCERAS 109
Stanford, CA 94305-3084Phone: 650-725-1676Fax: 650-725-6140E-mail: [email protected] site: www-leland.stanford.edu/group/ASP
AMERICA'S CHOICE SCHOOL DESIGN
Patricia Harvey
700 11th Street, NW, Suite 750Washington, DC 22203Phone: 202-783-3668Fax: 202-783-3672E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ncee.org
1814 Franklin StreetSuite 700Oakland, CA 94612Phone: 510-433-1451Fax: 510-433-1455E-mail: [email protected] site: www.essentialschools.org
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COMMUNITY FOR LEARNING
Cynthia SmithTemple University Center for Research in HumanDevelopment and Education1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091Phone: 800-892-5550Fax: 215-204-5130E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.temple.edu/LSS
COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS
David Alley1355 Pierce Butler RouteSt. Paul, MN 55104Phone: 612-645-0200Fax: 612-645-0240E-mail: [email protected] site: none at this time
CO-NECT SCHOOLS
Tricia Ferry70 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Phone: 617-873-5612Fax: 617-873-2589E-mail: [email protected] site: http://co-nect.com
CORE KNOWLEDGE
Constance Jones801 E. High St.Charlottesville, VA 22902Phone: 804-977-7550Fax: 804-977-0021E-mail: coreknowledge.orgWeb site: www.coreknowledge.org
DIFFERENT WAYS OF KNOWING
Sue Beauregard
The Galef Institute11050 Santa Monica Blvd.Third FloorLos Angeles, CA 90025Phone: 310-479-8883Fax: 310-473-9720E-mail: [email protected] site: www.dwoknet.galef.org
Selecting School Reform Models. A Reference Guide for States ECS 21
Charles Wallgren600 North River St.Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898Phone: 734-485-2000Fax: 734-485-0704E-mail: [email protected] site: www.highscope.org
LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Lew Allen
124 Aderhold HallThe University of GeorgiaAthens, GA 30602Phone: 706-542-2516Fax: 706-542-2502E-mail: lewallenearches.uga.eduWeb site: www.coe.uga.edu/Ips/
MODERN RED SCHOOLHOUSE INSTITUTE
Brian Spears or Karen White208 23rd Ave. NorthNashville, TN 37203Phone: 888-234-8073 or 615-320-8804Fax: 615-320-5366E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.mrsh.org
MONTESSORI
David Kahn
Montessori Public School Consortium andNorth American Montessori Teachers'Association (NAMTA)11424 Bellflower RoadCleveland, OH 44106Phone: 216-421-1905Fax: 216-421-8193E-mail: [email protected] sites: www.montessori-namta.org(American Montessori Society)www.amshq.org/mont.html(Association Montessori International-USA)www.ami.edu
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ECS Selecting School Reform Models: A Reference Guide for States
NATIONAL PAIDEIA CENTER
Terry Roberts
School of EducationUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6171Check directory assistance for new telephonenumber.
ONWARD TO EXCELLENCE
Robert E. Blum
Northwest Regional Education Laboratory101 S.W. Main St., Suite 500Portland, OR 97204Phone: 503-275-9615Fax: 503-275-9621E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/ote
PURPOSE-CENTERED EDUCATION(AUDREYCOHEN COLLEGE)
Janith JordanAudrey Cohen College75 Varick St.
New York, NY 10013-1919Phone: 212-343-1234, ext. 3400Fax: 212-343-8472E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.audrey-cohen.edu
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Joanne CorbinYale School Development Program53 College St.New Haven, CT 06510Phone: 203-737-4000Fax: 203-737-4001E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://info.med.yale.edu/comer
SUCCESS FOR ALL/ROOTS & WINGS
Barbara CoppersmithJohns Hopkins University3505 N. Charles St.Baltimore, MD 21218Phone: 800-548-4998Fax: 410-516-0543E-mail: [email protected] site: http://successforall.com
TALENT DEVELOPMENT HIGH SCHOOLWITH CAREER ACADEMIES
James McPartlandJohns Hopkins University CSOS3003 N. Charles St., Suite 200Baltimore, MD 21218Phone: 410-516-8803Fax: 410-516-8890E-mail: [email protected] site: www.csos.jhu.edu
URBAN LEARNING CENTERS
Greta Pruitt315 W. 9th St., Suite 1110Los Angeles, CA 90015Phone: 213-622-5237Fax: 213-629-5288E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.lalc.K12.ca.us
Additional Contact:
NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS
(a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization thatworks with design teams to develop andimplement schoolwide reform models)John Anderson1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 2710Arlington, VA 22209Phone: 703-908-9500Fax: 703-908-0622E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.naschools.org
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CS
RD
Resources
and Publications
ECS PUBLICATIONS ON COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM:
A Catalog of School Reform Models, First Edition(Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory with assistance from ECS)
Comprehensive School Reform: Allocating Federal Funds (ECS; AN-98-4;$2.50)
Comprehensive School Reform: IdentiVng Effective Models (ECS; AN-98-3; $2.50)
Comprehensive School Reform: Criteria and Questions (ECS; AN-98-2; $2.50)
A State Policymaker's Guide to School Reform Networks (ECS; SI-7-II; $10)
Copies of the publications listed above are available from the ECS Distribution Center,707 17th Street, Suite 2700, Denver, CO 80202-3427, 303-299-3692.
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Generous discounts are available for bulk orders of single publications. They are: 10-24 copies, 10%discount; 25-49 copies, 20% discount; 50+ copies, 30% discount.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS ON COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM:
How to Rethink School Budgets to Support School Transformation(New American Schools; call 703-908-9500)
Lessons from New American Schools' Scaleup Phase: Prospects for Bringing Multiple Designs toMultiPle Schools (RAND Institute; call 202-296-5000)
U.S. Department of EducationOffice of Educational Research and Improvement (0ERI)
National Library of Education (NLE)Educationa/ Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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