The Learning Hive: A Guide to Governance and Democracy

Why do different public institutions using the same strategies get wildly different results? The answers lie in how systems work, not just what they are doing. It’s about leadership, system design, and implementation, not just policies and rules. 

The Learning Hive: Leading Collective Innovation to Transform Education Systems, published by Teachers College Press, offers a new vision of leadership and education system design organized around dynamic “learning hives,” collections of people working together to treat daily operations as ongoing opportunities for collaborative learning and improvement. Based on CPRL's years of research and experience working with leaders across the public sector, the book helps cultivate education systems where dynamic governance and democratic participation enable the creation and ongoing improvement of educational strategies tailored to the unique and ever-changing needs of every student and community. 

The Learning Hive offers a framework, tools, and real world stories on how leaders can transform their organizations into thriving ecosystems of learning and growth where every student can succeed. Gain insights into how designing a learning hive helped the state of Mississippi jump from 49th to 9th in the nation for reading proficiency, and how it enabled schools in the largest district in the U.S. to dramatically improve graduation rates and student learning. This book gives you and your team the tools and guidance to flex to the ongoing changes in your community while getting ever better at serving each and every young person, family, and educator. 

Get your copy of The Learning Hive today! Available from Teachers College Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org.