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"""Chenoweth gives readers an inside seat on the ups--and downs--of improving an entire district. Districts that Succeed is a great book for anyone wanting to rise to that challenge of making districts better. There are many positive lessons here for school board, district leaders and building leaders."" --School Administrator ""This easy-to-read book is filled with tangible strategies and tools that can be implemented to create a successful district...[It] would benefit any superintendent, principal, district leader, or educator looking to make a change. By offering valuable information about the advantages of collaboration, self-awareness, and adaptability, Districts That Succeed makes for a great guide to navigate and solve real-world problems in education."" --American School Board Journal ""By highlighting five school districts' varied but fruitful paths to success, Districts that Succeed provides some useful, specific ideas on how to pierce the seemingly intractable problem of equity in American public education."" --Washington Independent Review of Books ""Chenoweth emphasizes that the programs used to raise achievement aren't as important as good staff, challenging lessons and community support. What she reveals about what can go wrong is often as important as what can go right."" --The Washington Post"

By highlighting five school districts' varied but fruitful paths to success, Districts that Succeed provides some useful, specific ideas on how to pierce the seemingly intractable problem of equity in American public education. --Washington Independent Review of Books Chenoweth emphasizes that the programs used to raise achievement aren't as important as good staff, challenging lessons and community support. What she reveals about what can go wrong is often as important as what can go right. --The Washington Post

Chenoweth emphasizes that the programs used to raise achievement aren't as important as good staff, challenging lessons and community support. What she reveals about what can go wrong is often as important as what can go right. --The Washington Post

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Karin Chenoweth is writer-in-residence at The Education Trust.

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