{"product_id":"improvement-in-action-advancing-quality-in-americas-schools-9781682534991","title":"Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprovement in Action\u003c\/i\u003e, Anthony S. Bryk's sequel to \u003ci\u003eLearning to Improve\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The organizations featured in the book have addressed, with remarkable results, long-standing inequitable educational outcomes in high school graduation rates, college readiness, and absenteeism. The cases emphasize the measures the educators took and the thinking that motivated their actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bryk describes how improvers, working in different contexts and confronting different problems, used select principles, tools, and methods to make improvement come to life. Brief analytic reflections are embedded throughout the narratives, and each chapter concludes with an analysis of a set of larger lessons illuminated by the organization's story. Taken as a set, these examples offer readers valuable insights about the actual dynamics of doing improvement work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImprovement in Action\u003c\/i\u003e, paired with \u003ci\u003eLearning to Improve\u003c\/i\u003e, provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the practice, method, and theory of large-scale continuous improvement in education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Attacking Inequities in Postsecondary Opportunities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Supporting Improvement Through an Analytic Hub \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Becoming a Learning Organization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Infusing Improvement into a Charter Network \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Advancing Instructional Improvement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Transforming a School District \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Charting Paths Forward \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributing Authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harvard Educational Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469816959319,"sku":"9781682534991","price":29.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781682534991.jpg?v=1744896364","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/improvement-in-action-advancing-quality-in-americas-schools-9781682534991","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}