School Reform

The Transformation of Great American School Districts
How Big Cities Are Reshaping Public Education

Edited by William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, and Mark Blyth

In The Transformation of Great American School Districts, William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, and Mark Blyth argue that urban education reform can best be understood as a long process of institutional change, rather than as a series of failed projects.

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"It's Being Done"
Academic Success in Unexpected Schools

By Karin Chenoweth

This straightforward and inspiring book takes readers into schools where educators believe—and prove—that all children, even those considered “hard-to-teach,” can learn to high standards.

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Collateral Damage
How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools

By Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner

Drawing on their extensive research, Nichols and Berliner document and categorize the ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the American education system.

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Data Wise
A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning

Edited by Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth City, and Richard Murnane

In the wake of the accountability movement, school administrators are inundated with data about their students. How can they use this information to support student achievement? Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders.

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City Schools
How Districts and Communities Can Create Smart Education Systems

Edited by Robert Rothman

In City Schools, Robert Rothman and his colleagues at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University put forward a vision of “smart education systems” that link a highly functioning and effective school district with a comprehensive and accessible web of supports for children, youth, and families.

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Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation
An Inside View of Denver’s ProComp Plan

By Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp

Denver’s groundbreaking campaign to introduce performance-based pay for teachers captured national and international attention and has paved the way for similar efforts elsewhere. In this book, Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp—among the key players in this successful come-from-behind campaign—offer the inside story of the ProComp initiative. They describe how entrepreneurial behavior within the teachers union and support from outside philanthropic groups propelled the plan from a cutting-edge concept into concrete policy.

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Collective Bargaining in Education
Negotiating Change in Today's Schools

Edited by Jane Hannaway and Andrew J. Rotherham

This timely and comprehensive volume will spur and strengthen public debate over the role of teachers unions in education reform for years to come.

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Moderating the Debate
Rationality and the Promise of American Education

By Michael J. Feuer

Moderating the Debate is a major statement on education research, policy, and reform that will be required reading for everyone with a stake in improving America's schools.

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School Reform from the Inside Out
Policy, Practice, and Performance

by Richard F. Elmore

This is essential reading for any school leader, education reformer, policymaker, or citizen interested in the forces that promote school change.

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The Case for District-Based Reform
Leading, Building, and Sustaining School Improvement

By Jonathan A. Supovitz

In 1999, the Duval County (Fla.) school system set out to improve every school in the district. Over the next five years, the district achieved stunning results that have drawn nationwide attention. Jonathan A. Supovitz uses the unfolding story of Duval County to develop a sophisticated and thoughtful analysis of the role of the school district in enacting large-scale reform.

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