Unbundling promises and problems

Reformers hope that by unbundling schools -- taking apart the current structures and routines and putting them together in new ways - we can create better schools. But there is no guarantee that it would improve schools in three areas that we know matter: coherence and infrastructure, the instructional core, and political accountability. However, rebundling -- breaking apart the process of schooling into its component elements and then repackaging them into some intermediate-sized units -- might provide for greater internal coherence.