Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement! Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association′s KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools) this second edition focuses on how to change a school′s organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Each chapter revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander Eva L. Baker James A. Banks Peter Cookson Lorna M. Earl Richard F. Elmore Michael Fullan Geneva Gay Willis D. Hawley Jacqueline Jordan Irvine Kenneth Leithwood Ann Lieberman Judith Warren Little Lynne Miller P. Karen Murphy Fred M. Newmann Sonia Nieto Janet Ward Schofield Walter G. Stephan Gary Sykes and Linda Valli. Educators at all levels policymakers and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement. Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.