The Infrastructure of Accountability

Data Use and the Transformation of American Education

Edited by Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, Stacey A. Rutledge, and Rebecca Jacobsen, foreword by Jeffrey R. Henig

The Infrastructure of Accountability brings together leading and emerging scholars who set forth an ambitious conceptual framework for understanding the full impact of large-scale, performance-based accountability systems on education.

Inside School Turnarounds

Urgent Hopes, Unfolding Stories

Laura Pappano, foreword by Karin Chenoweth

Inside School Turnarounds uses on-the-ground reporting and up-to-the-minute research to provide a compelling and insightful exploration of the work of school turnarounds.

Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice

Change Without Reform in American Education

Larry Cuban

A book that explores the problematic connection between education policy and practice while pointing in the direction of a more fruitful relationship, Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice is a provocative culminating statement from one of America’s most insightful education scholars and leaders.

Inside Urban Charter Schools

Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools

Katherine K. Merseth with Kristy Cooper, John Roberts, Mara Casey Tieken, Jon Valant, and Chris Wynne, foreword by S. Paul Reville

Inside Urban Charter Schools offers an unprecedentedly intimate glimpse into the world of charter schools by profiling five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachusetts

Instructional Rounds in Action

John E. Roberts, foreword by Richard F. Elmore

Instructional Rounds in Action is an invaluable guide for those involved in implementing instructional rounds as the foundation and framework for systemic improvement in schools.

Instructional Rounds in Education

A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning

Elizabeth A. City, Richard F. Elmore, Sarah E. Fiarman, and Lee Teitel, foreword by Andrew Lachman

Instructional Rounds in Education is intended to help education leaders and practitioners develop a shared understanding of what high-quality instruction looks like and what schools and districts need to do to support it.

International Education for the Millennium

Toward Access, Equity, and Quality

Edited by Benjamin Piper, Sarah-Dryden-Peterson, and Young-Suk Kim

This volume sheds light on contemporary theoretical work and research, on a range of national and international polices, and on education reform in developing countries.

“It's Being Done”

Academic Success in Unexpected Schools

Karin Chenoweth, foreword by Kati Haycock

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.

Key Elements of Observing Practice

A Data Wise DVD and Facilitator’s Guide

Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City, and Marcia K. Russell

Based on Data Wise and Data Wise in Action, Key Elements of Observing Practice offers insight into one of the most challenging steps in capturing data about school performance: observing and analyzing instructional practice.

Leading for Equity

The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools

Stacey M. Childress, Denis P. Doyle, and David A. Thomas, with a foreword by David Gergen

Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.