Collaborative School Improvement: Eight Practices for District-School Partnerships to Transform Teaching and Learning

By: Trent E. Kaufman and Emily Dolci Grimm and Kathryn Parker Boudett and Allison E. Miller

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Synopsis: How can districts bring instructional improvement to scale within and across schools? The authors of Collaborative School Improvement argue that districts can play a powerful part in helping schools build the capacity to engage in inquiry-based reform--but that this effort requires a shift in districts' traditional role as a professional development provider. Drawing on case studies from three districts, the authors identify eight key practices for effective school-district collaboration. By helping districts teach--and model--an inquiry-based process, Collaborative School Improvement promises to offer powerful new support for scaling up data-driven instructional reform."