Evolution of the New American Schools : From Revolution to Mainstream

The New Amer. Schools Develop. Corp. (NASDC) was estab. in 1991. A privately funded nonprofit org., it was launched by CEOs from major U.S. corp. who wanted to apply their experience to reform Amer. elem./secondary educ. NASDC designs are now in place in more than 3,500 schools. This report explains that many of these school still struggle to put the core elements of the designs into place. Today, however, with billions of Fed. dollars subsidizing its advance, the strategy known as whole-school reform is a fixture of the educ. landscape. NASDC did a great deal to bring that situation about. This report explores how that happened & raises questions about just how desirable it is.Mirel, Jeffrey is the author of 'Evolution of the New American Schools : From Revolution to Mainstream', published 2002 under ISBN 9780756719050 and ISBN 0756719054.