Bringing Literacy Home. (2010). KaiLonnie Dunsmore and Douglas Fisher,
Editors. Published by International Reading Association.
Becoming the Change: What one organization working to transform
educational systems learned about team learning and change. (2011). Rex Babiera
and Hallie Preskill. Published by The Ball Foundation.
Taking Inquiry to Scale: An inquiry into educator
collaboration and inquiry-based approaches to improving practice. (2013).
Michael Palmisano. To be published by National Center for Literacy
Education.
Lessons Learned:
Partnering with mid-size urban school districts. (2012). A report of
The Ball Foundation.
An End to the Industrial-ization of Schooling: New
ways for organizing learning in the 21st century. (2013). Robert C. Hill.
Published by The Ball Foundation (in development).
White paper: Comparing what we have to what we need. (2012).
The Ball Foundation.
Download PDF.
Learning from an adaptive-consultative approach: One foundation's experience
in creating systems change in education. (2011). Srik Gopalakrishnan and Hallie
Preskill.The Foundation Review, 2(4), 119-132. Article
available for purchase (opens in new window).
Embracing the "gift story": Organizational redesign in a time of crisis in
public education. (2010). Srik Gopalakrishnan.The OD Practitioner, 42
(1), 4-9. Download PDF.
Sustaining literacy improvement for every student through whole systems
change: The Ball Foundation Education Initiatives value proposition. (2008).
Download PDF.
Implementing a principle-based approach to transforming school systems.
(2008). Srik Gopalakrishnan. Submitted to The OD Practitioner.
Download PDF.
Graphic: The Ball approach, an adaptive process for change. (2005).
Mary Corrigan.Download PDF.
The practice of communities of practice in school districts: An
introduction. (2004). Joann Ricci and Myron Rogers.Download PDF.
School district partnerships: evaluation, impact, and stories of transformation
Poised for Change: Stories of personal and
organiza-tional transformation in Rowland Unified School District. (2010).
Download booklet
(PDF) for excerpts or
visit web site
for complete stories.
We'll Leave the Leadership Light on for You: Stories of
instructional leadership in Northview Public Schools. (2007). Maureen Grey, Editor.
Download PDF.
Review, Education Initiatives newsletter, Fall 2005.
Voices of educators from Springfield, Ilinois and Chula Vista, California.
Download PDF.
Review, Education Initiatives newsletter, Spring 2007.
Stories of instructional leaders in Northview Public Schools, Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Download PDF.
Review, Education Initiatives newsletter, Fall 2007.
One teacher's personal journey of transformation (Victor Lombardi, Rowland
Unified School District).
Download PDF.
Review, Education Initiatives newsletter, Fall 2008.
Partnership agreement with Rowland Unified School District; family engagement
work in Springfield, Illinois.
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Impacting student learning starts with changing how educators learn.
(2011). Memorandum prepared by evaluator Catherine Nelson, Ph.D., about the
partnership with Rowland Unified School District.
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Report: Evidence of the impact of the Ball Foundation partnerships on
Springfield and Chula Vista school districts. (2008).
Download PDF.
Testimonials from educators in Springfield, Illinois; Chula Vista, California, and
Northview (Grand Rapids), Michigan. (2005).
Download PDF.
Visit our Vimeo page for recent
video clips of educators (opens in new window) from the foundation's partner
school districts sharing what they have learned.
Using What We Have to Get the Schools We Need: A Productivity Focus for
American Education. (1995).
Executive summary (PDF). In
1995, the foundation convened a group of scholars from various sectors to examine some
of the issues facing public education in America. Their report identified subsystems
in education and their relationship to one another. The report concluded that because
the subsystems are all interconnected, piecemeal reforms of those subsystems would
fail to create lasting and meaningful change.
20/20 Vision: A Strategy for Doubling America's Academic Achievement by the
Year 2020. (1998).
Executive summary (PDF). In
1998, a follow-up report offered eight strategies to cut in half the percentage of
students performing at the basic level or below on examinations, such as the National
Assessment of Educational Progress in reading, math, and science, within two decades.
Education Initiatives Staff (2012)
The foundation's most important resource
Ball Foundation e-mail addresses are valid through December 31, 2013.
Bob Hill,
Director:
bhill@ballfoundation.org
bhill2267@gmail.com
Carla Aranda,
Instructional Development and Literacy in Learning Exchange contributor:
aranda@ballfoundation.org
ctaranda715@gmail.com
Rex Babiera,
Learning and Communications, Author, and Literacy in Learning Exchange contributor:
rbabiera@ballfoundation.org
rbabiera@gmail.com
KaiLonnie Dunsmore,
Literacy Initiatives and National Center for Literacy Education
(brief bio):
kdunsmore@ballfoundation.org
(primary)
kdunsmore@ncte.org
Barbara Morton,
Organizational Learning and Development; Generative Learning Center:
barbarasmorton@gmail.com
Michael Palmisano,
Senior Fellow, Author, and Evaluation Coordinator: mpalmisano@ballfoundation.org
mjpalmisano@gmail.com
