Don't Go it Alone

This article from Monday's New York Times describes a strategy - replacing a quarter of a failing schools' teachers with a squad of talented, experienced educators - that at once is among the most promising and the most challenging of effort to transform schools.

The promise lies in some of what we know about organizational culture and the change process. Change that relies on a single, charismatic leader, despite stories that often highlight such leadership, is not widely replicable or sustainable. Not only are there simply not enough of those people, but each school is a culture, one that carries forward not just teachers, but families and communities, sports teams and

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