Whatever It Takes: The Case Study of Dawson-Bryant Elementary School. Transforming Learning Communities

This book is part of a series of case studies that demonstrate better ways to educate Ohio's students. The case study is part of the Transforming Learning Communities (TLC) Project, designed to support significant school-reform efforts among Ohio's elementary, middle, and high schools. The...

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Main Authors Varrella, Gary F, Haas, Brenda, Castle, Tom, Toadvine, Wendy, Washburn, Donald, Jr, Mays, David W
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 1999
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Case Studies
Change Strategies
Educational Change
Educational Environment
Educational Improvement
Elementary Education
School Community Relationship
School Restructuring
Transforming Learning Communities OH
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Summary:This book is part of a series of case studies that demonstrate better ways to educate Ohio's students. The case study is part of the Transforming Learning Communities (TLC) Project, designed to support significant school-reform efforts among Ohio's elementary, middle, and high schools. The text presents a case study based on an elementary school in southern Ohio. The introduction provides a historical overview of the school, which is followed by a description of the role that the community plays in the life of the school. The text focuses on the community connection, looking at the key elements, the vital place of the school in the community, the themes that run throughout the school community, the role of support teams, and the informal connections that abound in the school. The report provides a review of reform strategies, technology's role, the need for leadership in initiating change, the tension that accompanied the modified schedule, and how teachers, parents, and other stakeholders viewed change in the school. The last chapter examines the ethos of commitment, the dilemmas over the direction of change, the elements of successful change, and the movement toward community. Three appendices discuss methodology, the experience of change, and other information. (Contains 37 references.) (RJM)