National School Reform Faculty

Authors' Corner
This area of the NSRF website is meant to highlight authors within our network of educators. You can always find more NSRF authors in the Author Archive of our Journal, Connections and research on CFGs on our CFG Research Page.

David Allen & Tina Blythe
Facilitator’s Book of Questions: Tools for Looking Together at Student Work. Teachers College Press, 2004.

Looking Togther at Student Work. Teachers College Press, (Second Edition) 2007.

Debbie Bambino
"Teacher Leaders: Redefining the Status Quo Through Critical Friends Groups" (pp. 357-360) In Richard H. Ackerman and Sarah V. Mackenzie (Eds.) Uncovering Teacher Leadership: Essays and Voices from the Field. Corwin Press. 2007.
A meditation on the power of collaboration in general, and CFGs in particular as we work together to establish equitable opportunities for our students.

Teaching Out Loud: A Middle Grades Diary . National Middle School Association. 1999.
Diary entries that chronicle my reflective journey during the 1998-99 school year with glimpses of my students and classroom, my school, and my CFG.

"Critical Friends." In Educational Leadership, March, 2002.

"Equity in Education." In Educational Horizons, Pi Lambda Theta, Fall, 2005.
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Connections Articles by Debbie Bambino

Daniel Baron
Monthly Column in Principal Leadership

Connections Articles by Daniel Baron

Betty (Shockley) Bisplinghoff
Co-Authored Books:
Engaging Teachers: Creating Teaching and Researching Relationships. Heinemann, 1998.

Engaging Families: Connecting Home and School Literacy Communities. Heinemann, 1995.

Engaging Children: Community and Chaos in the Lives of Young Literacy Learners. Heinemann, 1993.

Edited or Coedited Books:
Teachers As Readers: Persp on the Importance of Reading in Teachers' Classrooms and Lives. International Reading Association, 2003.

Voices from the classroom: Educators Reflect on School Change (Vol. II). CVS Pharmacy, The Philanthropic Initiative, 1999.

Voices from the Classroom: Educators Reflect on School Change. CVS Pharmacy, The Philanthropic Initiative, 1998.

Connections Articles by Betty Bisplinghoff

Alan Dichter
"NSRF-New York." In Educational Horizons, Pi Lambda Theta, Fall, 2005.
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Stages of Team Development: Lessons from the Struggles of Site-Based Management. Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 2001.

Connections Articles by Alan Dichter

Michaelann Kelley
"Foreward," and "Standards and Accountability." In International Research on the Impact of Accountability Systems: Teacher Education Yearbook XV (Teacher Education Yearbook). Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007.

Connections Articles by Michaelann Kelley

Marjorie Larner
Pathways: Charting a Course for Professional Learning. Heinemann. 2004.

Tools for Leaders: Graphic Organizers, Protocols and Planning Guidelines for Working and Learning Together. Scholastic Teaching Resources. 2007.

Connections Articles by Marjorie Larner

Joseph P. McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter, and Elizabeth C. McDonald
The Power of Protocols: An Educator's Guide to Better Practice. Teachers College Press. 2007 2nd edition.
Information on pre-ordering the new edition of The Power of Protocols

Connections Articles by Joe McDonald

Nancy Mohr
Stages of Team Development: Lessons from the Struggles of Site-Based Management. Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 2001.

"Small Schools are not Miniature Large Schools." (pp 139-158) in A Simple Justice: The Challenge of Small Schools. Teachers College Press, 2000.

Connections Articles by Nancy Mohr

Vivian Orlen
"NSRF-New York." In Educational Horizons, Pi Lambda Theta, Fall, 2005.
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Stevi Quate
“Critical Friends Groups” in Powerful Designs for Professional Learning Edited by Lois Brown Easton. National Staff Development Council. 2004.

Connections Articles by Stevi Quate

Peggy Silva
Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School. Teachers College Press, 2002.

Connections Articles by Peggy Silva