[This book] opens exciting possibilities

for amplifying the voice of reflective teachers

in the councils of educational policy—and just in time.

—Christopher M. ClarkProfessor of Education and Executive

Editor of Teachers and Teaching

TAKINGACTION

withTeacherResearchedited by Ellen Meyers and Frances Rust

More and more, classroom teachers are using action research strategies to tacklebasic issues and daily dilemmas—everything from designing their own professionaldevelopment to reshaping instructional practice. Through their support of teachers whoare eager to take up this work, Ellen Meyers and Frances Rust have found that the chal-lenges to the reform of public schools are most likely to surface in three areas: resourcesneeded to meet standards, conditions of the workplace, and status of the teaching pro-fession. Their book is a lucid guide for teachers to address these and other problems inclassrooms and beyond; to ask the right questions and design and implement research tofind answers; and to use this data to effect change.

Every chapter contains rich examples of teacher research in action.● Jane Fung focuses on the conditions of schooling and the status of

teachers in an elementary school in downtown Los Angeles.● Lara Goldstone, teaching in New York's Chinatown, looks at obstacles to

successful communication with the parents of her students.● In a Lower East Side middle school, Matt Wayne confronts the problem

of getting appropriate books for struggling eighth-grade students.● Carol Tureski at a high school in Queens finds that lack of access to

high-interest, culturally relevant resources is a significant barrier tofacilitating adolescent literacy.

● Janet Price, also at a Queens high school, shows what can happen whenteachers set the agenda for professional development around assess-ment in their school.

● Natasha Warikoo at a Manhattan high school looks at the impact ofclass size on her teaching of second-language learners in her mathclass.

When teachers consider themselves to be researchers, not just consumers ofresearch, they are exercising leadership. And when teachers form networks to share theirknowledge, they are breaking down obstacles that have thwarted their leadership for solong. Action research empowers teachers to do just that—to lead reform efforts and pro-vide the remedies needed for all children to succeed.

The studies in this book are part of the work of the Teachers Network LeadershipInstitute, whose mission is to give teachers an active voice in education policy making.For more information, contact www.teachersnetwork.org. All proceeds support theTeachers Network Leadership Institute.

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Authors ContentsEllen Meyers is a founder and Senior Vice President of theTeachers Network, a nonprofit education organization. She isalso Director of the Teachers Network Leadership Institute,Editor-in-Chief of the By Teachers, For Teachers series ofhandbooks, and a seminar leader in the Department ofTeaching and Learning, Steinhardt School of Education, NewYork University.

Frances Rust is an advisor to the Teachers NetworkLeadership Institute and Professor of Teacher Education in theDepartment of Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt School ofEducation, New York University. She is also President of theNational Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators.

1. How We Do Action Research, F. Rust & E. Meyers2. Our Unfinished Story: Rising to the Challenge of New

High Standards, M. Wayne3. The Early Literacy Club: Building Excellence Through

Collaboration, J. Fung4. The Mother Tongue: The Role of Parent-Teacher

Communication in Helping Students Reach NewStandards, L. Goldstone

5. Time and Choice—A Winning Combination, C. Tureski6. Outcomes of Reduced Class Size in High School Math

Classrooms, N. Warikoo7. The Empire State Strikes Back: Portfolio Culture in the

Regents Era, J. Price8. Bringing the Voice of Teachers into Education Policy,

E. Meyers & F. Rust