《A LEGACY OF LEARNING YOUR STAKE IN STANDARDS AND NEW KINDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS》

Introduction1

1 We Need to Change7

2 Schools: Good and Getting Better? Or Bad and Getting Worse?22

3 How Did We Get This Way? Decent Impulses Gone Astray36

4 What Specifically Is Wrong?49

5 Lessons from Other Institutional Turnarounds62

6 Applying These Other Lessons to Schools80

7 The Great Promise of New American Schools90

8 Other Good News about Schools102

9 The Politics of Change: Agreeing to Agree117

10 Agenda for Change, Part I: Straightening Out the System134

11 Agenda for Change, Part II: Hardwiring Innovation into the System150

12 Agenda for Change, Part III: Ten Ground Rules to Advance Education Reform168

APPENDIXES A Nine Keys to Systemic Reform187

APPENDIXES B Defining the Terms of the Standards Debate189

APPENDIXES C Resources for Change191

Notes203

Index217