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The Legal Confines of School Reform.

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From: School Administrator
Date: 19971101
Author:DEMITCHELL, TODD A.

The handcuffing effect of state laws, court rulings and bargaining agreements on meaningful change in public education

"How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws and kings can cure."

Oliver Goldsmith, in The Traveler

Since the release of A Nation at Risk 14 years ago, American education has undergone strenuous, visible and broadly based efforts to improve. At least two waves of reform have formed since the report.

While these reform efforts have varied in focus and philosophy, they share one commonality: Every reform has been implemented ...

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