Selected Internet Links

Selected Books and Reports

Accountability: state and community responsibility. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States, 1998.
Main 3 S - LB 2806.22 .A33 1998

Arasim, Liz. School accreditation: an overview. Lansing, MI: Senate Fiscal Agency, 2000.
Mich Docs 2 S - LB 2810.4.M5 A73 2000

Barber, Benjamin R. An aristocracy of everyone: the politics of education and the future of America. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1992.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .B37 1992

Brouillette, Matthew J. School choice in Michigan: a primer for freedom in education: a guide for exercising parents' rights and responsibilities to direct the education of their children. Midland, MI: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1999.
Mich 2 N - LB 1027.9 .B76 1999

Brown Center for Education Policy. Brookings papers on education policy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998.
Main 3 S - LC 89 .B747 2000

Clinchy, Evans, ed. Transforming public education: a new course for America's future. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1997.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .T73 1997

Cookson, Peter W., Jr. and Barbara Schneider, eds. Transforming schools. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1995.
Main 3 S - LA 210 .T74 1995

Finn, Chester E. We must take charge: our schools and our future. New York, NY: Free Press, 1991.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .F56 1991

Ginsburg, Mark B., ed. Understanding educational reform in global context: economy, ideology, and the state. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1991.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .U53 1991

Horn, Jerry and Gary Miron. Evaluation of the Michigan public school academy initiative. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 1999.
Mich Docs 2 S - LB 1555 .H67 1999

Horn, Raymond A. and Joe L. Kincheloe, eds. American Standards: Quality education in a complex world, the Texas case. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 3060.83 .A44 2001

The Jossey-Bass reader on school reform. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.
Main 3 S - LA 216 .J67 2001

Ladner, Matthew and Matthew J. Brouillette. The impact of limited school choice on public school districts. Midland, MI: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2000.
Mich 2 N - LB 2806.36 .L34 2000

Lieberman, Myron. Public education: an autopsy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .L54 1993

Macpherson, Reynold J.S. ed. The politics of accountability: educative and international perspectives. 1997 Yearbook of the Politics of Education Association. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1998.
Main 3 S - LB 2806.22 .P65 1998

Martz, Larry. Making schools better: how parents and teachers across the country are taking action--and how you can. New York, NY: Times Books, 1992.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .M37 1992

Murphy, John. Transforming America's schools : an administrators' call to action. La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1992.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .M86 1992

Murphy, Joseph. Restructuring schools: capturing and assessing the phenomena. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1991.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .M87 1991

Plank, David Nathan and Gary Sykes. How choice changes the education system: a Michigan case study. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 1998.
Mich 2 N - LB 1027.9 .P53 1999

The progress of education reform. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .P76

Ravitch, Diane. Left back: a century of failed school reforms. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Main 3 S - LA 216 .R28 2000

Schlechty, Phillip C. Inventing better schools : an action plan for educational reform. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
Main 3 S - LB 2805 .S35 1997

School districts' role in education reform (packet of 5 articles). Education Commission of the States, 2000.
Main 3 S - LB 2805 .S356 2000

SEMCOG Education Task Force. Education reform: issues and recommendations. Detroit, MI: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 1991.
Mich 2 N - LA 307 .E48 1991

Simpson, Douglas J and Michael J.B. Jackson. Educational reform: a Deweyan perspective. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1997.
Main 3 S - LB 875.D5 S55 1997

Van de Water, Gordon and Terese Rainwater. What is P-16 education?: a primer for legislators, a practical introduction to the concept, language and policy issues of an integrated system of public education. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 3060.83 .V36 2001
http://www.tbr.state.tn.us/summit/Reference/
What%20is%20P-16.pdf

Wood, George H. Schools that work: America's most innovative public education programs. New York, NY: Dutton, 1992.
Main 3 S - LA 217.2 .W66 1992

Selected Internet Links

Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

At Brown University, this center "develops, shares and acts on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged children."
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Trends and Issues: School Reform.

Links, abstracts, discussion, programs, references, and resources compiled and collected by the University of Oregon School of education.
http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/reform/index.html

Michigan Department of Education: Comprehensive School Reform.

ESEA funds are made available through the Department for high poverty schools in order to provide support for programs to improve student achievement. 108 Michigan Schools held CSR grants in the 2002/03 school year.
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/
0,1607,7-140-6530_6559-21417--,00.html

Michigan eLibrary : Hot Topics-School Reform.

Links to reform web sites, online documents, opinions and polls.
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=2061&pathid=2584

National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform.

Provides links to 50 "models" organizations and a step program for research based reform in all areas.
http://www.csrclearinghouse.org/

School Reformers.com SRC Network Center.

A collaborative effort of serious reformers led by David W. Kirkpatrick. Provides school reform news, legislation updates and issues in state-by-state format.
http://www.heartland.org/IssueSuites.cfm?issId=3

Michigan legislative and state government employees may obtain copies of any of these materials by calling the Library of Michigan reference desk at (517) 373-1300. Our FAX number is (517) 373-5853. We will also locate additional materials if needed.

Updated 04/07/2005