Why Restructuring Alone Won't Improve Teaching.

Abstract

The way we organize schools heavily influences how we teach, what we teach, and how we expect students to learn. Changing the organization of schools, then, should result in changes in teaching and learning. These two assertions seem logically connected, yet the more I examine them in light of past attempts to reform American education and present school restructuring efforts. the more convinced I am that the two assertions are not logically linked. It may be true that teaching and learning are influenced in important ways by the organization of schooling. It is probably not true, however, that changing the structure of schools will lead reliably to changes in teaching and learning.

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