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Sep 8, 2026 54 min

47. Which Improvement Approaches Really Work and Why?

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We're joined today by Harvard's Jal Mehta and Radford's Max Yurkovsky to discuss their new book, A Chance to Solve Their Own Problems: Inside the New Methods to Remake Public Schools. Their project was motivated by a fascinating question: Why do reforms sometimes work? The resulting book splits the difference between "improvement is impossible" and "improvement is easy if you just use this one neat trick." It's a fascinating conversation with a lot for school leaders to chew on. Links to other works we discuss (or are operating in the background): Jal Mehta, The Allure of Order Max Yurkovsky, "Environmental, Technical, and Representational Uncertainty: A Framework for Making Sense of the Hidden Complexity of Educational Change" Me, Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching

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