Breaking Through Transforming Urban School Districts

Is it possible to fundamentally improve the daily working of the urban classroom in less than seven years? In this ambitious volume, Simmons and a stellar group of contributors bring the best current research to bear on a range of critical topics, creating a practical framework that superintendents and their teams can use to transform their big-city school systems into true learning communities. Integrating many voices into a larger vision, Breaking Through: Demonstrates how cutting-edge thinking about system change in business has been used to successfully transform schools and close the achievement gap among diverse students, Provides an overview and assessment of the reform efforts of current largedistrict superintendents, including Alan Bersin, Tom Payzant, Arne Duncan, and Kaye Stripling, Applies current research to illuminate what has succeeded and what has not worked in cities such as Boston, San Diego, Houston, and especially Chicago. Book jacket.Simmons, John is the author of 'Breaking Through Transforming Urban School Districts', published 2006 under ISBN 9780807746578 and ISBN 0807746576.