Description
How can districts bring instructional improvement to scale within and across schools? The authors of Collaborative School Improvement argue that districts can play a powerful part in helping schools build the capacity to engage in inquiry-based reformbut that this effort requires a shift in districts traditional role as a professional development provider. Drawing on case studies from three districts, the authors identify eight key practices for effective school-district collaboration. By helping districts teachand modelan inquiry-based process, Collaborative School Improvement promises to offer powerful new support for scaling up data-driven instructional reform.
