The books below will challenge your thinking about how we “do” public education and inspire you to take action to change. Great for PLCs and other district professional learning.

• Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn, 2008
• Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, Richard A. DeLorenzo, Wendy J. Battino, Rick M. Schreiber, Barbara B. Gaddy Carrio, 2009
• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek, 2009
• Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning, Charles Schwahn and Beatrice McGarvey, 2012
• Off the Clock: Moving Education From Time to Competency, Fred Bramante and Rose Colby, 2012
• Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker, 2015
• Learn Like a Pirate: Empower Your Students to Collaborate, Lead, and Succeed, Paul Solarz, 2015
• The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness, Todd Rose, 2015
• Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning -Shift from a Traditional Time-Based Education System to a Learner-Centered Performance-Based System, Lindsay Unified School District, 2017
• Competency-Based Education: A New Architecture for K-12 Schooling, Rose L. Colby, 2017
• Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks For Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning, Tom Vander Ark, Lydia Dobyns, 2018
• The NEW School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools, Anthony Kim, 2018
• Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts, Karin J. Hess, Rose L. Colby, Daniel A. Joseph, 2020
• The Power of Student Agency: Looking Beyond Grit to Close the Opportunity Gap, Anindya Kundu, 2020