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 reform―but 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 teach―and model―an inquiry-based process, Collaborative School Improvement promises to offer powerful new support for scaling up data-driven instructional reform.
Trent E. Kaufman is the founder and president of Education Direction, a school reform research and consultancy firm. Emily Dolci Grimm is director of school transformation at Education Direction. Allison E. Miller is director of professional development at Education Direction. Kathryn Parker Boudett is the director of the Data Wise Project and a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.