School Restructuring: What Works When

This guide for school and district leaders translates research on restructuring chronically struggling schools into practical decision-making tools. Updated in 2010, it emphasizes the four School Improvement Grant intervention models: turnaround, transformation, restart, and closure.

• Beyond the Emperor's New Clothes: The Role of the Central Office in Systemwide Instructional Improvement (Summer 2004)

• The Role of State Departments of Education in Comprehensive School Reform (Spring 2004)

• Sustaining Your Reform: Five Lessons from Research (Summer 2002)

• High Quality Technical Assistance (Spring 2002)

Archive of NCCSR CSR Connection PDFs

CSR Connections are occasional papers on critical issues in comprehensive school reform. They explore topics of concern in the CSR community and feature researchers’ and/or practitioners’ observations of the issues.

• Managing to Change: What Schools and Districts Can Do to Develop and Maintain High Performance. (Spring 2004)

• Factors Influencing Levels of Parental Involvement: Findings from Research. (Summer 2003)

• Closing the Achievement Gap: Rural Schools. (Spring 2003)