Winning Hearts and Minds: We Need Better Ways to Spread the 'Gospel of Achievement' Where It's Needed Most

Pressured by employers worried about the quality of their workforce and exposed by the tougher reporting requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. beleaguerrd public school systems are beginning to register credible and encouraging academic gains. Most of the energy and resources expended on improving school performance is focused these days on accountability add transparency. along with instructional and structural reform-- from new school models to new governance paradigms.