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  • Organizing Schools for Improvement

    Lessons from Chicago

    by Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, John Q. Easton, Stuart Luppescu ...
    In 1988, the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of Organizing Schools for Improvement collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. Over a seven-year period they identified one hundred elementary schools ... Read more

    $39.59 CAD

  • Measuring to Improve

    Practical Measurement to Support Continuous Improvement in Education

    by Anthony S. Bryk ...
    Series series Continuous Improvement in Education Series
    A first-in-field compilation of best practices for the design and implementation of practical measurement for improvement in K-12 education ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • Charting Chicago School Reform

    Democratic Localism As A Lever For Change

    by Anthony Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, John Easton ...
    In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. Intertwining extensive narratives and rigorous quantitative analyses, this book tells the story of what happened to Chicagos elementary schools in the first four years of this reform. }In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. This book tells the story of what ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Improvement in Action

    Advancing Quality in America's Schools

    by Anthony S. Bryk ...
    Series series Continuous Improvement in Education Series
    Improvement in Action, Anthony S. Bryk’s sequel to Learning to Improve, illustrates how educators have effectively applied the six core principles of continuous improvement in practice. The book highlights relevant examples of rigorous, high-quality improvement work in districts, schools, and professional development networks across the country.The organizations featured in the book have addressed ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

    by Anthony S. Bryk, Sharon Greenberg, Albert Bertani, Penny Sebring, Steven E. Tozer, Timothy Knowles ...
    Series series Continuous Improvement in Education Series
    A comprehensive analysis of the astonishing changes that elevated the Chicago public school system from one of the worst in the nation to one of the most improved.How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools tells the story of the extraordinary thirty-year school reform effort that changed the landscape of public education in Chicago. Acclaimed educational researcher Anthony S. Bryk joins five ... Read more

    $26.29 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Learning to Improve

    How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better

    by Anthony S. Bryk, Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, Paul G. LeMahieu ...
    Narrated by Adam Verner ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 13 min

    As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Learning to Improve

    How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better

    by Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, Anthony S. Bryk, Paul G. LeMahieu ...
    As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than “implementing fast and learning slow,” they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Improving America's Schools Together

    How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education

    Edited by Louis M. Gomez, Manuelito Biag, David G. Imig, Randy Hitz, Steve Tozer ...
    Improving America’s Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education is the first definitive text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships, covering improvement methods, theory, research, and real cases across the United States with practical improvement tools that can be adapted to any setting. Through an array ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Building Better Leaders

    Continuous Improvement in Educational Leadership Preparation

    by Shelby Cosner, Anthony S. Bryk ...
    Series series Continuous Improvement in Education Series
    A thorough exploration of powerful, high-quality education leadership programs and best practices for continuous improvementResearch has shown that effective principals can have a significant, positive impact on not only student success, but also teacher satisfaction, retention, and skills development. As the need for qualified educational leaders grows, the quality of the principal preparation ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • A World-Class Education

    Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation

    by Vivien Stewart ...
    In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education—the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first to expand higher education beyond the elite class. Now other countries are catching up and leaping ahead—in high school graduation rates, in the quality and equity of their K-12 education systems, and in the proportion of students graduating from college ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • All Systems Go

    The Change Imperative for Whole System Reform

    by Michael Fullan ...
    "Michael Fullan has once again hit the ball out of the park—a grand slam. All those interested in whole system education reform will want to read this book from cover to cover."—Sir Michael Barber, Former Head of Tony Blair′s Delivery UnitAuthor of Instruction to Deliver*"*All Systems Go is exactly what we need at this crucial time. Fullan boldly challenges politicians and professionals to unite ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Change Wars

    Edited by Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves ...
    Series series Leading Edge
    What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model schools, and other groundbreaking endeavors illustrate precisely how theory translates into ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD