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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Readings & More</h2>
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<p>For each unit, we curate a set of readings that can help you better understand and explore the ideas presented. <strong>We recommend choosing one reading that looks engaging and relevant, and skimming, perusing, or glancing at the others.</strong></p>
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<li>Reeves, Douglas. December 2006/January 2007. "<a href="http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec06/vol64/num04/How-Do-You-Change-School-Culture%C2%A2.aspx" target="[object Object]">Leading to Change/How Do You Change School Culture?</a>" <em style="font-size: 1em;">Educational Leadership</em><span style="font-size: 1em;"> 64 (4): 92-94.</span></li>
<li><span>Learners may select one article (or more articles) from "<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/projects/educational-eden/" target="[object Object]" style="font-size: 1em;">Educational Eden: Imagining the Ideal School System</a><span style="font-size: 1em;">," a series of articles from </span><em style="font-size: 1em;">The Atlantic</em><span style="font-size: 1em;">. </span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="font-size: 1em;">For additional resources on systems thinking, we recommend looking into some resources from the <a href="http://watersfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Waters Foundation</a>, including <a href="http://watersfoundation.org/systems-thinking/habits-of-a-systems-thinker/" target="_blank">Habits of a Systems Thinker</a>.</span></span></li>
<li>XQ Institute. 2017. Knowledge Module No. 1: <a href="https://assets.contentful.com/35eubtuv0bcm/5LaYOaSQw04MeA8aeKqOW6/85810f9d4c45ba52f40732a7f143542d/XQ_Knowledge_Module_01_-_Students_in_the_21st_Century.pdf" target="[object Object]" style="font-size: 1em;">Students in the 21st Century</a>.</li>
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<p>Our course sponsor, Microsoft, has developed the Microsoft School Transformation Framework, a set of white papers and resources that summarize decades of research about school leadership and school change. Here are some of the resources that are relevant to this unit:</p>
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<li>Microsoft. 2015. Education Transformation Framework:<em><a href="http://az370354.vo.msecnd.net/whitepapers/school-systems-planning/18206-EducationTransformationFramework-Brochure-151124.pdf" target="_blank"> Best-Practice Guidance for Successful School System Change. </a></em></li>
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