ABSTRACT
Sometimes it feels as if we are continuously reforming public education, yet never changing it. What does it take to move beyond the promises and processes of reform to experience the real and lasting products of school improvement? How do we eliminate the Teflon-effect, in which all reform efforts simply slide off after a few months or a few years, and we find ourselves back at the beginning? What is needed for real and lasting reform to take deep root and then yield fruit?
