Books by Anthony Bryk

This book represents a synthesis of what the authors learned from the first four years of Chicago school reform. It discusses the additional changes needed at the school site and district level if decentralization, Chicago-style, is to result in improvement in learning opportunities for children.

"In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. Intertwining extensive narratives and rigorous quantitative analyses, this book tells the story of what happe"