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The Future of Schools Student Outcomes and the Reform of Education General Editor: Brian J.Caldwell, Professor of Education, Head, Department of Education Policy and Management, University of Melbourne, Australia Student Outcomes and the Reform of Education is concerned with the reform of public education and its impact on outcomes for students. The reform agenda has gripped the attention of policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and scholars for much of the 1990s, with every indication of more to come with the approach of the new millennium. This series reports research and describes strategies that deal with the outcomes of reform. Without sacrificing a critical perspective the intention is to provide a guide to good practice and strong scholarship within the new arrange ments that are likely to provide the framework for public education in the foreseeable future. School Effectiveness and School-based Management: A mechanism for development Yin Cheong Cheng Transforming Schools Through Collaborative Leadership Helen Telford The Inner Principal David Loader The Future of Schools: Lessons from the Reform of Public Education Brian J.Caldwell and Donald K.Hayward The Future of Schools: Lessons from the Reform of Public Education Brian J.Caldwell and Donald K.Hayward The Falmer Press (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group) London • Washington, D.C. UK USA Falmer Press, 1 Gunpowder Square, London, EC4A 3DE Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007 © B.J.Caldwell and D.K.Hayward 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published in 1998 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-203-48664-1 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-79488-5 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0 7507 07240 cased ISBN 0 7507 07232 paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available on request Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders for their permission to reprint material in this book. The publishers would be grateful to hear from any copyright holder who is not here acknowledged and will undertake to rectify any errors or omissions in future editions of this book. Contents Preface vi 1 The Crisis in Public Education 1 2 Foundations of Reform 21 3 Schools of the Future 38 4 Appraising the Outcomes 81 5 Pre-conditions for Lasting School Reform 117 6 A Policy Framework for Public Schools of the Third Millennium 145 7 Leadership, Alignment and Will in the Transformation of Public Education 164 References 177 Index 182 v Preface Public education continues to be the subject of major reform around the world. Despite profound changes that have occurred in many places, there is a broadly held view that things are not right and that more needs to be done. This book is a reflection on what has occurred in recent years and offers a policy framework for further action intended to achieve lasting school reform in the public sector. We believe this is the first book to be co-authored by a former Minister for Education and a currently serving Professor of Education, and only the second to be authored by a Minister of the Crown following a sweeping reform in public education in the modern era, the first being from the pen of Kenne