Resources Lambert, Linda.  Building Leadership Capacity in Schools.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 1998.   Conzemius, Anne, and Jan O’Neill.  Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2001.   Beckhard, Richard, and Wendy Pritchard.  Changing the Essence.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1992.   Marzano, Robert J., and Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock.  Classroom Instruction that Works.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2001.   Senge, Peter, and Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth, and Bryan Smith.  The Dance of Change.  New York, New York: Doubleday, 1999.   Crowther, Frank, and Stephen S. Kaagan, Margaret Ferguson, and Leonne Hann.  Developing Teacher Leaders: How Teacher Leadership Enhances School Success.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   Gregory, Gayle H., and Carolyn Chapman.  Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   Lundin, Ph.D., Stephen C., and Harry Pual, and John Christensen.  Fish: Catch the Energy and Release the Potential.  New York, New York: Hyperion Books, 2000.   Payne, Ph.D., Ruby K.  A Framework for Understanding Poverty.  Highlands, TX: aha! Process Inc., 2001.   Gruwell, Erin.  The Freedom Writers Diary.  New York, New York: Broadway Books, 1999.   O'Shea, Mark R.  From Standards to Success.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2005.   Sagor, Richard.  Guiding School Improvement with Action Research.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2000.   Evans, Robert.  The Human Side of Change.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996.   Jenkins, Lee.  Improving Student Learning.  Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality (ASQ), 1997.   Blaze, Mark L., and Karen S. Davison and John P. Evans.  Insights to Performance in Education 2001.  Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2001.   Schlechty, Phillip C.  Inventing Better Schools.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.   Kotter, John P.  Leading Change.  Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.   Kaser, Joyce, and Susan Mundry, Katherine E. Stiles and Susan Loucks-Horsley.  Leading Every Day.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   Fullan, Michael.  Leading in a Culture of Change.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.   George, Paul S., and John H. Lounsbury.  Making Big Schools Feel Small.  Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association (NMSA), 2000.   Wagner, Tony.  Making the Grade: Reinventing America’s Schoools.  New York, New York: Routledge Falmer, 2002.   Bridges, William.  Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change.  Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1991.   Schmoker, Mike.  The Results Fieldbook.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2001.   Schmoker, Mike.  The Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD),   Oshry, Barry.  Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life.  San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1995.                    Schlechty, Phillip C.  Shaking up the Schoolhouse.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.   McEwan, Elaine K.  Teach Them All to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   McEwan, Elaine K.  Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   Erb, Thomas O.  This We Believe and Now We Must Act.  Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association (NMSA), 2001.   Jackson, Anthony W., and Gayle A. Davis.  Turning Points 2000.  New York, New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.   Johnson, Ruth S.  Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2002.   Marzano, Robert J.  What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2003.     Making Middle Grades Work Recommended Reading   A Middle Grades Message  – SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Closing Gaps in the Middle Grades – SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Establishing Benchmarks of Progress for Middle Grades Sites – SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Knowledge and Know-How – Ohio Business Roundtable, Ohio Dept. of Education Making Big Schools Feel Small – NMSA (National Middle School Association) Making Schools Work – SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Middle Grades Education Initiative (4 reports) – SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Middle Ground – monthly publication of NMSA (National Middle School Association) Middle School Journal – monthly publication of NMSA (National Middle School Association) The Exemplary Middle School – Thomson Learning This We Believe and Now We Must Act – NMSA Publication (National Middle School Association) Turning Points 2000: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century – Carnegie Corp.      Recommended Reading   Reeves, Douglas B.  Accountability for Learning: How Teachers and School Leaders Can Take Charge.  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2004.   Couric, Katie.  The Blue Ribbon Day.  New York, NY: Doubleday, 2004.   Couric, Katie.  The Brand New Kid.  New York, NY: Doubleday, 2000.   Pell, Arthur R.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Team Building.  Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 1999.   Lencioni, Patrick.  Death by Meeting.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.   Reynolds, Peter H.  The Dot.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003.   Covey, Stephen.  The Eighth Habit.  New York, NY: Free Press, 2004.   Boylan, Bob.  Get Everyone in Your Boat Rowing in the Same Direction.  Avon, MA: Adams Media, 1995.   Andreae, Giles, and Guy Parker-Rees.  Giraffes Can't Dance.  New York, NY: Orchard Books, 1999.   McKissack, Patricia C., and Jerry Pinckney.  Goin' Someplace Special.  New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.   Kegan, Robert, and Lisa Laskow Lahey.  How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.   Young, Ed.  Seven Blind Mice.  New York, NY: Philomel Books, 1992.