Publications

Improving America’s Schools Together

Edited by Louis M. Gomez; Manuelito Biag; David G. Imig, Randy Hitz, and Steve Tozer – Foreword by Anthony S. Bryk

April 2023

Improving America’s Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous Improvement Can Transform Education is the first definitive text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships, covering improvement methods, theory, research, and real cases across the United States with practical improvement tools that can be adapted to any setting.

National Mental Health Survey: Students with Learning Differences

By Hanover Research

April 2025

This report explores the experiences and perceptions of respondents with learning differences, one segment of the surveyed population, as compared to peers without learning differences. For the purposes of this analysis, students with learning differences are those who responded “yes” to the question “Have you been diagnosed with any of the following: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Intellectual Disability, Specific Learning Disorder, or Visual Processing Disorder (VPD)?”

High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities

By Ceedar Center & Council for Exceptional Children

February 2024

High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) are a deceptively simple concept in the field of education. In this revised text, the High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities (2nd Edition) are revised and updated to reflect the challenges of modern classrooms.

Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools

By Anthony S. Bryk

July 2020

Improvement in Action, Anthony S. Bryk’s sequel to Learning to Improve, 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.

How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools

By Anthony S. Bryk, Timothy Knowles, Sharon Greenberg, Albert Bertani, Penny Sebring, Steven E. Tozer

April 2023

A comprehensive analysis of the astonishing changes that elevated the Chicago public school system from one of the worst in the nation to one of the most improved.

Partnering to Scale Instructional Improvement: A Framework for Organizing Research-Practice Partnerships

By Kelly McMahon, Erin Henrick, Felicia M. Sullivan

June 2022

This paper offers a four-part framework and a reflective tool for use by RPPs working to improve instruction at scale. The interactions among the components provide for learning that, in turn, can influence whether a partnership is up to achieving instructional reform at scale.