Building School-based Teacher Learning Communities: Professional Strategies to Improve Student Achievement (Series on School Reform) by Milbrey McLaughlin, Joan E. Talbert (January 20, 2006) Paperback
Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures. McLaughlin and Talbert—foremost scholars of school change and teaching contexts—provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities.