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Book review of Leading In A Culture Of Change, includes mention of Anthony Alvarado's work Educating Kids in NYC. Change in instructional practice involves working through problems of practice with peers and experts, observation of practice, and steady accumulation over time of new practices anchored in one's own classroom setting. The consulting model is labor intensive, in that it relies on extensive involvement by a consultant with individuals and small groups of teachers, repeatedly over time, around a limited set of instructional problems.

Refers to a research paper by Richard Elmore: "Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional Improvement in Community School District #2, New York City".