Improving America's Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education

Improving America's Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education is the first comprehensive text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships, covering improvement methods, theory, research, and real-world cases from across the country. It aims to show how improvement science can guide higher education institutions and their local education agency partners to create the infrastructures that foster leaders and educators capable of enhancing students' learning outcomes and opportunity structures. The book offers practical improvement tools that can be adapted to any setting, including developing course and program offerings for aspiring urban school leaders, strengthening improvement capabilities within districts and schools, leveraging improvement science to transform teacher professional support, and spanning institutional boundaries through shared tools, frameworks, and practices.

Format: Hardback
Length: 380 pages
Publication date: 05 May 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Improving America's Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education is the first comprehensive and authoritative text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships. It explores various methods, theories, research, and real-life cases from across the country, providing practical improvement tools that can be tailored to different settings. The book aims to showcase how improvement science, a shared approach, can guide higher education institutions and their local education agency partners to create infrastructures that support leaders and educators capable of enhancing students' learning outcomes and opportunity structures.

Within its pages, readers will discover captivating stories of district-university partnerships that have developed innovative course and program offerings for aspiring urban school leaders, focused on addressing local problems of practice. These partnerships have strengthened improvement capabilities within districts and schools, leveraging improvement science to transform the professional support provided to teachers. They have also crossed institutional boundaries through shared tools, frameworks, and practices, fostering mutually beneficial collaborations.

The authors offer deep insights and practical guidance through rich stories and detailed artifacts, including protocols, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), and other practical tools. These resources enable readers to assess their readiness and ability to work in district-university partnerships, identify the constraining and enabling conditions in their local contexts, and recognize the types of tools, resources, and strategies that facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations.

By examining these case studies and practical examples, Improving America's Schools Together provides valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and community leaders who are committed to improving education outcomes and creating more equitable opportunities for students. It serves as a roadmap for building strong and effective district-university partnerships, fostering continuous improvement, and transforming education for the better.

Weight: 889g
Dimension: 262 x 184 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538173213