Alex J. Bowers
Promoting Excellence: <i>Good to Great</i>, NYC's District 2, and the Case of a High-Performing School District
The University of Texas at San Antonio
paper compares two celebrated studiesnew york city community school district 2 elmore burney 1999 elmore r f burney 1999 investing teacher learning staff development instructional improvement teaching learning profession handbook policy practice edited darlinghammond l sykes g 263291 san francisco josseybass google scholar good great collins 2001 collins j 2001 good great new york harpercollins publishers google scholar examined sustained success american corporationsto case single highperforming school district question interest concerns school districts achieve maintain high performance study focuses five central issues combined theory district 2 good great 1 organizationwide disciplined system provides boundaries participants allows creativity innovation within boundaries 2 central defined organizational focus drives daytoday decisions separate organizations vision mission 3 getting right people organization innovative hiring training practices 4 funneling budgetary resources district priorities multipocket budgeting 5 longterm commitment success continuous improvement maintaining focus current challenges facing organization