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Lesson Plans & School Reform
As with earlier reform movements, current efforts arise not just from concern over schools’ deficiencies but with more basic worries about economic, social, and political trends: an economic downturn in the early 1980s, concerns over American competitiveness in a global economy, the need to address demographic shifts, an "unraveling of the social fabric," cynicism about government, and changing political philosophies that encompass decentralization, populism, and choice (Joseph Murphy and Jacob Adams, Jr. 1998). These shifting currents produced differing strategies that can be grouped into three "eras" of reform. In the "intensification era" (1980-1987), reform centered on top-down government efforts to tighten control. The "restructuring era" (1988-1995) saw a shift to decentralization, professional empowerment, and consumer choice. The current "reformation era" emphasizes standards, accountability, and privatization. Each subsequent "era" arose from a feeling that previous efforts had not produced the desired results (Murphy and Adams).
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These lesson plans are not listed in order of grade or subject. MegaEd believes that the lesson plans listed below can easily be adapted to any classroom. Each site offers a host of information that any master teacher, like yourself, can use to supplement and support a lesson. By the way, when your peers are asking you how you are being so creative all of the sudden, it is O.K. to share with them your little secret of MegaEd.
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