Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: A New American Revolution -- Chapter 2: How Schools Have Failed the Children of Poverty -- Chapter 3: Research on High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools -- Chapter 4: Ensure Effective Disrict and School Leadership -- Chapter 5: Engage Parents, Communities, and Schools to Work as Partners -- Chapter 6: Understand and Hold High Expectations forf Poor and Culturally Diverse Students -- Chapter 7: Target Low-Performing Students and Schools, Starting With Reading -- Chapter 8: Align, Monitor, and Manage the Curriculum -- Chapter 9: Create a Culture of Data and Assessment Literacy -- Chapter 10: Build and Sustain Instructional Capacity -- Chapter 11: Reorganize Time, Space, and Transitions -- Chapter 12: Educating the Kids Left Behind: A Matter of Personal Conscience -- Appendix A: The Professional Learning Community Continuum -- Appendix B: NSDC Standards for Staff Development (Revised, 2001) -- References.