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• In Event: 49.041 - Learning to Improve: How America's Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better

Abstract

This symposium will consist of presentations from the authors of Improving: Helping America’s Schools Get Better at Getting Better. The book is organized around 6 principles that guide the improvement science work of Networked Improvement Communities. These can be seen in Chapters 1-6 of the table of contents below:
Preface
Introduction: A Better Way
Chapter 1: It Starts by Being Problem-Specific and User-Centered
Chapter 2: Variation in Performance is the Quality Problem to Solve
Chapter 3: Understanding Systems is Central to Improving Performance
Chapter 4: We Cannot Improve at Scale What We Cannot Measure
Chapter 5: Disciplined Inquiry Drives Improvement
Chapter 6: Accelerate Improvement Through Networked Communities
Chapter 7: Living Improvement

Author

• Anthony S. Bryk, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching