In this series, William Parrett and Kathleen Budge identify the common practices and structures that effective schools put into action as well as the unproductive processes these schools eliminate. It examines the critical components that set these institutions apart from their struggling peers, visiting schools where district leaders, school leaders, and teachers have found great success by improving practices, or eliminating what’s not working in the key areas of building leadership capacity; fostering a healthy, safe, and supporting learning environment; and focusing on student, professional, and system learning.