Systemic Reform in a Federated System: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Millennium

Creator

David Menefee-Libey

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2004

Abstract

I synthesize some of the lessons we have learned about systemic school reform in order and derive two explicit hypotheses about when such reforms are likely to be more and less successful. The first hypothesis focuses on program implementation: to achieve success, any systemic reform must overcome challenges at each stage of the policy-making process, from agenda-setting to policy choice to implementation. The second hypothesis focuses on the federated nature of education policy- making in the United States: any successful systemic reform must offer a program that aligns local efforts with state and sometimes federal policy. ...

Keywords

Educational change

Extent

30

Geographic Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Volume

12

Issue

59

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Menefee-Libey, D. (2004, October 27). Systemic reform in a federated system: Los Angeles at the turn of the millennium. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(60). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n60.

Identifier

E11-00409

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Recommended Citation

Menefee-Libey, David, "Systemic Reform in a Federated System: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Millennium" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 495.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/495