Richard Elmore

When I visit and observe class- rooms, which I do a lot these days, I am impressed both with how hard teachers are working on important issues of instructional practice and how large the gap is between where teaching practice currently is and where it needs to be to successfully provide access […]

My work as a researcher and consultant takes me into classrooms in all sorts of schools. My primary interest is improving the quality of teaching in high-poverty, racially diverse schools. Lately, however, I have also been called upon to visit schools in more affluent communities — some of them extraordinarily […]