Why Some Reforms Last
The Case of the Kindergarten
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry Cuban (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-194 |
| Publication date | 1992-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/444013 |
| OpenAlex | W2018643207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article explores the puzzle of how some school reforms survive and get institutionalized and others do not. The history of the kindergarten is used as a case study of how an intended reform aimed at fundamentally altering the conduct of public schooling at the turn of the twentieth century gets integrated into the formal structure by the 1930s and, in the process, becomes transformed into an incremental change. In this process of integration, however, distinctive features of the reform remain intact. The analysis suggests the power of one institution to adapt and reshape reforms
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |