Lasting change comes with a consensus approach to reforming school curricula. It was decided that input from students, parents, teachers, district officials, and university faculty would provide a broad base upon which to draw. With multi-levels of experience and views shared on reform issues, everyone in the community is given an opportunity to voice their concerns, as well as to provide insight on their specific concerns. The final point of discussions was accountability. Even if there are new curricula put into place in a given school, there is no assurance that teachers will adhere to it.
Teachers tend to do what they have done from year to year.
There has to be a commitment from all levels of personnel in the district. If there is a great deal of teacher involvement, this may create an atmosphere in which they do not feel as though the reforms are being forced upon them. It is also critical that daily routines be examined, in order to eliminate those things that are extraneous. This would allow teachers to better organize their day. By providing better environments in which to learn, at the secondary level, hopefully more engaged and enlightened students will enter the halls of the academy.