• Are our schools as effective as they could be?
• Has any single school reached the ultimate goal of achieving exemplary student performance and meeting every individual child's many needs?
• If there is a school that has attained this pinnacle, it has yet to publicize itself to a nation yearning for the secrets, the blueprints, and the paths to such a status. Where does that leave us?
• Facing the cold reality that our schools can do better—and not only can we do better, we must.