No meaningful and lasting educational reform will occur unless policymakers and responsible educators continue to address the effective education of disadvantaged children. The good beginning provided by effective schools research must be consolidated. Educators should challenge recent reform proposals that are likely to assist the relatively…

Describes the growing research base for instructionally effective schools and its importance in helping bring about more such schools. Reports that the research indicates the fruitfulness of stressing instructional leadership, of redefining the teacher's autonomy, of creating a climate of high expectations, of standardized testing, and of…

Ascribes the increase in corporate funding of public schools to the increase in the number of small, locally based programs. Focuses on the Join-A-School program and the mutual benefits reaped from such corporation-school partnerships. While recommending these partnerships, insists on Washington's ultimate responsibility for improving public…