Learning from L.A. :  institutional change in American public education / 
 Learning from Los Angeles 
Charles Taylor Kerchner ... [et al.]. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard Education Press,  c2008. 
 - viii, 290 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-280) and index. 
<br/><br/>The progressives : founding an institution -- Withdrawing legitimacy : the first step in transformaton -- Exit and entrada : demographic change and politcal uncertainty -- Hollowing out : the demise of local control -- New ideas : stability in the face of turbulence -- LEARN : auditions of large-scale change -- LAAMP : enter Walter Annenberg -- Implementation : excitement and challenge in the schools -- Permanent crisis  : a failing school district -- Charter schools : a parallel and  converging universe -- Beyond crisis : structuring politics for a new institution -- Five policy levers : what we learned from L.A. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781934742037 (Library ed.) 1934742031 (Library ed.) 9781934742020 (pbk.) 1934742023 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008928881 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education and state--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Educational change--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Educational planning--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Education--Aims and objectives--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Educación--Estados Unidos.<br/>Cambio educacional--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Planificación educativa--California--Los Angeles.<br/>Educación--Fines y objetivos--California--Los Angeles.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 90  / L438 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.973