Collins, Jim. (2001).  Good to great.  New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.   

Deming's 14 Points for Management

The Teaching Commission (2004)
To Do--  Look at "Offering Better Professional Development" on page 51 of the Final Report

Breaking Ranks, II (2004)
To Do--  Look at Core Area 1 on page four of the executive summary

Results Fieldbook:  Practical Strategies from Dramatically Improved Schools (2001)
To Do--  Scroll down to and read the following five consecutive sub-headings:  
1.  The True Learning Community:  Teamwork in a High Maintenance Culture.
2.  Teamwork:  If You Require It, They Will Come
3.  Learning "A Ton of Things" from Colleagues
4.  Teamwork or Wasted Time?
5.  Results of Collaboration

Beyond the Rock and the Hard Place (Craig Jerald)
"Teaching a common curriculum, teachers can collaborate on planning much more easily.  With ready access to data on student performance, they can discuss how to help students academically rather than simply report discipline problems."

Educational Leadership Web Wonders:  Learning Communities
How can educators implement shared learning across all the groups that touch the life of a school? The following Web sites describe some of the many ways in which schools can create learning communities.

Impact for Teachers Planning Template
Library media coordinator, technology facilitator, and classroom teacher collaboratively plan, implement, and evaluate formal resource-based units of instruction and learning experiences in a flexibly scheduled environment as well as co-teach with classroom teachers.

"What is Lesson Study?"  Lesson Study Research Group.  Teachers College, Columbia University.
To Do-- Be sure to visit the links to the yellow sub-headings at the bottom of the page.

"What is Lesson Study?"  Research for Better Schools.  Office of Educational Research and Development (OERI), U.S. Department of Education.
To Note--The "Culture of Collaboration" sub-heading specifically details the lesson study process. 

Lesson Study Group at Mills College Handbook.  Dr. Catherine Lewis, principal investigator.
To Do-- Explore the articles, handouts, and lesson plans
1.  Brief Guide to Lesson Study (concise overview)
2.  Lesson Study Flow Chart  (print for a good view)
3.  A Lesson is Like a Swiftly Flowing River