Böcker av Anthony S. Bryk

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 America.

The authors found that Catholic schools have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvantaged and privileged students. Today's Catholic school, they show, is informed by a Dewey-like vision of the school as a community committed to democratic education and the common good of all students.

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. Learning to Improve argues for a new approach. The authors believe educators should adopt a rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well".

In 1988 the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources to reform their schools in dramatic ways. This book identifies a comprehensive set of practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school leadership and the professional capacity of the faculty and staff.