Introduction
M. Frances Klein
Part I. Current Trends and History of Curriculum Decision Making
1. Curriculum Making as a Sociopolitical Process
John I. Goodlad
2. A Conceptual Framework for Curriculum Decision Making
M. Frances Klein
3. Two Visions of Federalism and the Control of the Curriculum
Tyll van Geel
4. Centralizing Curriculum at the State Level
Chris Pipho
5. Historical Perspective on Centralizing Curriculum
William H. Schubert
Part II. Perspectives on the Centralization of Curriculum Decision Making
6. Teacher Education and Curriculum Decision Making: The Issue of Teacher Professionalism
Gary A. Griffin
7. Centralized Curriculum: Effects on the Local School Level
Martin G. Brooks
8. Organizational Metaphors, Curriculum Reform, and Local School and District Change
Audrey James Schwartz
9. Centralized Curriculum Decision Making: The View from the Organized Teaching Profession
Robert M. McClure
10. Issues from Curriculum Theory in the Centralization of Curriculum
M. Frances Klein
Index