Six Degrees of School Improvement: Empowering a New Profession of Teaching

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: A Manifesto for a Collaborative Profession of Teaching -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Great Debate That Misses the Point -- Chapter 3: The Foundations of a Collaborative Profession of Teaching -- Part II: Shifting Governance Over Instructional Means to the Profession -- Chapter 4: The Tentacles of Control -- Chapter 5: A Small World After All? -- Part III: Equipping a Collaborative Profession -- Chapter 6: Diffusing Good Instruction -- Chapter 7: Getting the Word Out -- Part IV: Cementing Comprehensive Connections Within the Profession -- Chapter 8: Networks of Outsider Influence and Diffusion -- Chapter 9: Networks for Professional Knowledge Transfer and Practice Accountability -- Part V: Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Toward Collaborative Professionalism in Education -- References -- About the Author.