The study, Central Office Transformation for District - Wide Teaching and Learning Improvement, uncovers the daily practices of administrators in three districts with
transformation efforts under way: Atlanta Public Schools; the Empowerment Schools Organization in New York City; and the Oakland (Calif.) Unified School District.
A culture, even one of long duration, is modifiable by human
effort under the impact of a new ideology — witness the radical
transformation of China
under Communist influence or the other revolutionary changes now taking place in the Orient from an emergent nationalism.