<p><i>"In my work, I see the power of good schools to change young lives for the better almost every day. This book takes us behind the doors of unusually high-performing high-poverty schools to show us how they do it and where they get the funding. The book is a valuable tool for educators who want to improve their results and a reminder to parents and policy makers that we should never expect less."<br/></i>¿Kati Haycock, President<br/>The Education Trust</p><p><b><i>Radically reform your school and improve academic achievement using readily accessible resources!</i></b></p><p>At a time when the United States is struggling with far-reaching educational reform, school leaders need a blueprint for dramatically improving student success and supporting those efforts by effectively reallocating and managing available resources. </p><p><strong><em>Doubling Student Performance </em></strong>combines the latest research with the authors'' national study of diverse schools that were able to