General:

"First Things First: A Framework for Successful School Reform." May 2001. The Institute for Research and Reform in America. Web: www.irre.org/publications/

"First Things First: Creating the Conditions & Capacity for Community-Wide Reform in an Urban School District." January 2002. Gambone & Associates. Web: www.emkf.org/pages/303.cfm

"Fitting the Pieces: Education Reform That Works." October 1996. Klein, Steve; Medrich, Elliott; Perez-Ferrerio, Valeria; and MPR Associates, Inc. Web: www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/FTP/title.html

"Foundations for Success: Case Studies of How Urban School Systems Improve Student Achievement." September 2002. Manpower Demonstration Research Center. Web: www.cgcs.org/reports/Foundations.html

"Myths and Realities about Technology in K-12 Schools." April 2000. Kleiman, Glenn M., The Center for Online Professional Education at Education Development Center, Inc. Web: www.edc.org/LNT/news/Issue14/feature1.htm

"Technology's Impact: A new study shows the effectiveness -- and the limitations -- of school technology." September 1997. Coley, Richard J. Web: www.electronic-school.com/0997f3.html

"'ToolKit' Offers Ideas for Redesign of Districts." October 23, 2002. Gewertz, Catherine. Web: www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=08annenberg.h22

"Wired Schools: A technology revolution is about to sweep America's classrooms." Sept. 25, 2000. Business Week Online. Web: www.businessweek.com/2000/00_39/b3700114.htm?scriptFramed

"Year 4 Report: Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century." June 2001. CEO Forum. Web: www.ceoforum.org/reports.cfm?CID=9&RID=6

Books
• Fullan, Michael. Leading in a Culture of Change. Jossey-Bass, 2001.

• Fullan, Michael. The New Meaning of Educational Change. Doubleday, 2000.

• Senge, Peter M. (ed.). Schools that Learn: A Fifth Discipline
Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education. Doubleday, 2000.

Union City:

"The Union City Story: Education Reform and Technology -- Students' Performance on Standardized Tests." April, 1998. Chang, Han-hua; Henriquez, Andres; Honey, Margaret; Light, Daniel; Moeller, Babette; and Ross, Nancy.
Web: www2.edc.org/cct/publications_report_summary.asp?numPubid=85

"Student Web Pages -- Putting a City on the Internet." January 1997. Chang, Han-hua; Henriquez, Andres; Honey, Margaret; Ross, Nancy; and Robbs, Killimanjaro.
Web: www2.edc.org/cct/publications_feature_summary.asp?numPubid=26

"State Summary of New Jersey." 2001. Ed Watch Online.
Web: 204.176.179.36/dc/edtrust/edstart.cfm

"Final Report: Study of Whole School Reform Implementation in New Jersey Abbott Districts." April 2001. The George Washington University Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, Region III Comprehensive Center.
Web: ceee.gwu.edu/school_reform/wsr-nj.pdf

"Internet: The Appropriate Technology." September 1, 1999. Henriquez, Andres. Blueprint Magazine.
Web: www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=110&subid=181&contentid=1213

"The Transformation of Union City: 1989 to Present." August 2000. Honey, Margaret.
Web: www2.edc.org/cct/publications_report_summary.asp?numPubid=84

"Union City Interactive Multimedia Education Trial: 1993-1995 Summary Report." April 1996. Honey, Margaret and Henriquez, Andres.
Web: www2.edc.org/cct/publications_report_summary.asp?numPubid=88

Web Sites
• Education Week on the Web: www.edweek.org/

• National Center for Education Statistics: nces.ed.gov/ccd/

• New Jersey Department of Education: www.state.nj.us/education/

• Union City Online: www.union-city.k12.nj.us/

• United States Census Bureau: www.census.gov/