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Allen and Glickman begin Part 2 of this section of the Handbook by examining restructuring and renewal as strategies of educational change. They draw on their own experience of establishing and working with The League of Professional Schools in order to do so. Schools belonging to this league commit to “a belief in the powers of democracy to guide school restructuring in order to bring about on-going school renewal that focussed on students.” Changing the governance of the school to more shared, democratic forms is regarded as one fundamental way of enacting this belief.
Allen and Glickman describe The League of Professional Schools and provide research evidence on its processes and effects as a form of school restructuring. Developing trust, creating understanding through action-research, and building a vision together characterize some of the core aspects of League school activities. Allen and Glickman flush out what these things mean in practice, and analyze the obstacles and difficulties that schools encountered and sometimes overcome when they tried to convert them into reality.
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Allen, L., Glickman, C.D. (2005). Restructuring and Renewal: Capturing the Power of Democracy. In: Hargreaves, A. (eds) Extending Educational Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4453-4_11
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