The School District of Phila’s reform plan, Children Achieving, based the new leadership roles for parents on the belief that ‘fundamental change in the education of children will not occur without a transformation in the relationship between every school and the parents and communities which surround it.’ The report discusses the implications of case studies for future reform efforts.
Clients, Consumers or Collaborators?: Parents and their Roles in School Reform During Children Achieving, 1995-2000
Eva Gold , Amy Rhodes , Joanna Brown , Susan L. Lytle , Diane Waff
Date: August 2001
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