In their chapter on action research in Powerful Designs for Professional Learning (Easton, 2015), Cathy Caro-Bruce and Mary Klehr describe a challenging issue that a teacher bravely takes on as an action research project. Using the classic steps for action research, she discovers what needs to be done, does it, and then reflects on and shares the results. The authors share strategies and techniques for making action research productive in today’s schools. Picture a spiral going around and around. Or a long mobile, spinning slowly in the breeze. Or a rare shell whose design conveys circular motions evolving over time. Or even a Möbius strip. These are all images of action research. Action research is an iterative form of inquiry through which participants actively engage