Keys to Effective Schools Educational Reform As Continuous Improvement

Willis D. Hawley is Professor of Education and Public Affairs at the Univershy;sity of Maryland, where he served as Dean of the College of Education from 1993 to 1998. He taught at Yale, Duke, and Vanderbilt universities before going to Maryland. He has published numerous books, articles, and book chapters dealing with teacher education, school reform, urban politics, poshy;litical learning, organizational change, school desegregation, and educashy;tional policy. His most recent research deals with the professional developshy;ment of teachers, the education of teachers (in the United States and Japan), school restructuring and effectiveness, family influences on the academic performance of Southeast Asian children in the United States, and race reshy;lations. He has served as consultant to numerous public agencies, includshy;ing the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Departshy;ment of Education, and the World Bank, as well as many state and local governments, foundations, and professional associations. He also organized and directs the Common Destiny Alliance, a coalition of national organishy;zations and scholars interested in using research to improve intergroup relations.Hawley, Willis D. is the author of 'Keys to Effective Schools Educational Reform As Continuous Improvement', published 2006 under ISBN 9781412941013 and ISBN 1412941016.