Noses having been counted, and perhaps twisted, everyone knew the
outcome going into Monday's
organizational meeting, but few outsiders expected the legislature's junior member to move from the back row to the front.
In Kelly School, which is discussed in the book, these characteristics were built through a set of interrelated
organizational routines including close monitoring of each student's academic progress, an explicit link between students»
outcomes and teachers» practices, weekly 90 - minute professional development
meetings focused on instructional improvement, and the cultivation of a formal and informal discourse emphasizing high expectations, cultural responsiveness, and teachers» responsibility for student learning.