ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN：LESSONS FROM THE KENTUCKY REFORM EXPERIENCE

Now educators, school board members, and policymakers can refer to a single volume for key lessons from the nation's most comprehensive and longest-running school reform model. Written by a nationally prominent group of educators, researchers, and policy analysts, All Children Can Learnpresents important research findings from the Kentucky reforms, examines major program elements, and analyzes initiatives that worked or didn't work. Throughout the book, the authors explore the challenges of implementing statewide school change initiatives, offer sound advice for overcoming reform hurdles, and share valuable recommendations for future policy and practice. Reform-minded educators from every type of community will find valuable insights as they contemplate similar changes.

ROGER S. PANKRATZ is professor and former associate dean in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Western Kentucky University and director of the Renaissance Group Institution's Partnership for Improving Teacher Quality. During the design of KERA, he served as executive director of the Governor's Council for School Performance Standards, and later as executive director of the Kentucky Institute for Education Research, an independent nonprofit agency created to study and evaluate Kentucky's school reform initiatives. JOSEPH M. PETROSKO is professor of education at the University of Louisville, codirector of the University of Louisville Nystrand Center of Excellence in Education, and codirector of the Kentucky Institute for Education Research.

Introduction: An Ambitious Plan for Improving Schools.

THE GROUNDWORK FOR STATEWIDE REFORM.

The Legal and Legislative Battles (R. Pankratz).

Resource Equity and Educational Adequacy (J. Adams).

A New Vision for Public Schooling (J. Foster).A Legislator's Viewpoint--"A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity," (H. Holland).

IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING.

Statewide Performance Assessment and School Accountability (J. Poggio).

Linking Curriculum and Instruction to Performance Standards (S. Clements).

Challenges in Implementing Kentucky's Primary School Program (J. Raths).

A Student's Viewpoint--"You've Got to Learn to Work with People Above and Below You," (H. Holland).

STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF EDUCATORS.

Promoting the Professional Development of Teachers (G. McDiarmid & T. Corcoran).

Improving Schools and School Leaders (P. Kannapel & P. Coe.

Setting Standards for Teachers and Teacher Education (R. Pankratz & B. Banker).

A Teacher's Viewpoint--"We Don't Have Any Answers," (H. Holland).

A School Leader's Viewpoint--"I Didn't Know How Far-Reaching This One Would Be," (H. Holland).

DEVELOPING NEW FORMS OF GOVERNANCE.

Educators and Parents as Partners in School Governance (J. David).

A New Mission for the Department of Education (S. Lusi & P. Goldberg.

Engaging Parents and Citizens in School Reform (R. Sexton).

A Parent's Viewpoint--"It's Going to Take a Whole Lot of People to Do It," (H. Holland).

Conclusion: Insights from a Decade of School Reform (R. Pankratz & J. Petrosko).