The Outside-Inside Connection

Thomas Hatch
Educational Leadership
October 2009 Volume 67 Number 2

The success of school improvement efforts depends on the opportunities and relationships that educators cultivate outside the school.

Imagine this school scenario: For the most part, staff members go about their business, doing what they're asked to do. They look at data; they make some adjustments. They work with coaches who have helped usher in a host of different programs. Student performance is adequate but not stellar, yet parents seem satisfied, making relatively few complaints.

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