Building School-Based Teacher Learning Communities: Professional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement (the series on school reform)

Offering a compelling, straightforward blueprint for action, this book:
* Takes a comprehensive look at the problem of improving the quality of teaching across the United States, based on evidence and examples from the authorsÂ’ nearly two decades of research.
* Demonstrates how and why school-based teacher learning communities are bottom-line requirements for improved instruction.
* Outlines the resources and supports needed to build and sustain a long-term school-based teacher professional community.
* Discusses the nature of high-quality professional development to support learning and changes in teaching.
* Details the roles and responsibilities of policymakers at all levels of the school system.