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Does the school improvement “industry” (organizations providing schools and governing agencies with information, training, materials, and programmatic resources relevant to instructional improvement problems) help or prevent deep and sound change?

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  1. See also Dooley (1960) for a similar conclusion about textbook content in the United States during the 1950s.

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Rowan, B. Does the school improvement “industry” (organizations providing schools and governing agencies with information, training, materials, and programmatic resources relevant to instructional improvement problems) help or prevent deep and sound change?. J Educ Change 9, 197–202 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-007-9062-6

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