Outlines a step-by-step approach to implementing lasting, positive change across an entire district. Examines 13 research-based parameters for improving teacher and student performance, including advice on optimizing existing resources, and then introduces a 14th parameter--Realization--that goes beyond capacity building at the school and district level to system-wide change at the state level.

Includes one fold-out matrix of scaffolded learning.

Capacity building: a journey of deepening discovery -- The nitty-gritty of capacity building -- The road to realization -- Interdependent practice -- The devil is in the details: beware of the pitfalls! -- The 14th parameter.