Professional collaborations in mathematics teaching and learning: seeking success for all

Part I. Frameworks for professional collaborations: which components of collaborations matter the most?

ch.1. Improving mathematics achievement: the power of professional learning communities / Robert Eaker, Janel Keating

ch.2. We're a learning community! Now What? / Alan Blankstein

ch.3. Closing the achievement gap: systemic collaboration for equity in mathematics / George Ashline, Marny Frantz, Kendra Gorton, Sandra Hepp, Stephanie Ratmeyer

Part II. Students and student learning: how does a focus on student learning impact mathematics teaching and learning?

ch.4. Centering the teaching of mathematics on urban youth: learning together about our students and their communities / Laurie H. Rubel

ch.5. An urban partnership rooted in putting principles of a formative assessment system into practice / DeAnn Huinker, Henry Kranendonk, Janis Freckmann

ch.6. Adapting instruction for Latina/o students: a collaborative experience between teachers and researchers / José María Menéndez, Laura Kondek McLeman, Sandra I. Musanti, Barbara Trujillo, Leslie H. Kahn

ch.7. The school-based teacher learners-to-leaders project: learning from an authentic problem of practice / Jon Rahn Manon, Janice McCarthy

Part III. Teachers and teacher learning: what practices engage teachers in ways that support their continued learning?

ch.8. The importance of collaboration to new teacher development: two central features of an induction fellowship / Rachael Eriksen Brown, Jeanne M. Vissa, Jennifer L. Mossgrove

ch.9. Building a school-university collaboration: a search for common ground / Margaret S. Smith, Jennifer L. Cartier, Samuel L. Eskelson, Miray Tekkumru-Kisa

ch.10. Working with, supporting, and empowering mathematics teaching professionals: a model of effective leadership / Michelle Cirillo, Tammie Cass, Darin Dowling, Jean Krusi, Lana Lyddon Hatten, Jeff Marks, Angie Shindelar

Part IV. Teacher leaders and coaches: how can we develop teachers into leaders within and across schools?

ch.11. Coaching and elementary mathematics specialists: findings from research / Patricia F. Campbell

ch.12. Using instructional coaching: customized professional development in an integrated high school mathematics program / Erin Elizabeth Krupa, Jere Confrey

ch.13. The role of communities of practice in developing teacher leadership / Antonia Cameron, Frances Blanchette, Glenda Francis, Christina Fuentes, Mayra Rivera-Deliz

Part V. Working with multiple partners: how can professionals from different settings and roles work together to benefit all?

ch.14. Collaborative problem solving as a basis for a professional learning community: four perspectives on collaboration in the BIFOCAL project / Edward Silver, Valerie Mills, Dana Gosen, Geraldine Devine

ch.15. Sustaining effective professional development school relationships / Jackie Menser, Adam Harbaugh, Claudia Cox, David K. Pugalee

ch.16. Teachers learning through collaboration: challenges and impacts of an inter-institutional project / Jacqueline Coomes, Janet Hart Frost, Kristine Lindeblad

ch.17. Voices of mathematicians and mathematics teacher educators co-teaching prospective secondary teachers / Denisse R. Thompson, Catherine Beneteau, Gladis Kersaint, Sarah K. Bleiler

Part VI. Going to scale: how can collaborations support large numbers of students, teachers, and schools?

ch.18. Learning to use student thinking: development and spread of "re-engagement" strategies through lesson study / Catherine Lewis, Rebecca Perry, Shelley Friedkin, Linda Fisher, Jacob Disston, David Foster

ch.19. Negotiating cultural meanings: a large-scale collaboration among mathematicians, mathematics teacher educators, and teachers / Gladis Kersaint, Sandra Berger

ch.20. Powerful pedagogical practices program: creating a catalyst for moving to a problem-based curriculum / Jamila Q. Riser

Part VII. Sustaining professional collaborations: what must be in place to sustain the energy and gains within a professional collaboration?

ch.21. Establishing and maintaining collaboration: factors related to the sustainability of lesson study / Randall Groth

ch.22. Building and sustaining professional collaborations: using Japanese lesson study to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics / Joan Moss, Richard Messina, Elizabeth Morley, Diane Tepylo.