Educational Reform

Paper Summary:

The paper explains how "Breakthrough Leadership: A Way Forward" presents a restructuring plan of the way a school district is managed, curriculum is designed and instruction is implemented. The paper discusses, however, how there is no reasonable expectation that the ideal system set out in this book can actually be put into practice. The paper concludes that the book is a great idea, a great structure and a potential revolution in the making, but all the ideals mean relatively nothing in the face of the complex opposition to change.

From the Paper:

"We understand that the nature of education, its very essence, has not changed significantly over the course of human history. The internal dynamic, the direct instruction method followed by practice is an essential element to our very fabric as humans - every culture has developed this kind of instruction and has perfected it for its use. Fullan, Crevola and Hill do nothing to change the status of this arrangement, they do not introduce new methodologies that change the core dynamic - other than to seek to facilitate the ability of the instructor to create curriculum that fits the needs of the students rather than adhering strictly to district-managed curricular programs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fullan, M., Hill, P. & Crevola, C. (2006). Breakthrough. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. pp109.

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