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A summary of the school restructuring movement and an outline of strategies for implementation are presented. The underlying principles of restructuring are included in four broad strategies, which include school-based management, teacher empowerment, voice/choice, and teaching for understanding. New responsibilities for state policymakers include taking a leadership role in interacting with educational stakeholders, supporting restructuring principles, and setting accountability standards. A conclusion is that state policy actors ' primary responsibilities are policy formation and evaluation, which leaves process and implementation to local participants. (59 references) (LMI) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ri, P3.1.1' fr,C