Mission Possible

List of Video Clips vii

Introduction 1

1 WHY? What’s Wrong with American Schools? 7

2 HOW? Making School a Magical Place 19

3 WHO? It’s All About the Adults 37

4 FAST: Putting Adults and Children on the Fast Track 61

5 RIGOR: Raising the Bar for Everybody 77

6 READING: The Starting Point for All Else 95

7 WRITING: Putting Ideas into the Wo...