Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

01.10.26 Sustaining Success: The Harmony Public Schools Story Continues

Harmony Public Schools keeps moving forward. We ultimately measure the success of our partnerships by what happens after our work with a school, district, or network has ended. Do key leader and teacher actions continue (and get even better)? Is student achievement strong and continuing to improve? By those measures, Harmony Public Schools is one of…


12.13.23 Lasting Change at Scale: Lessons From Our Work With Harmony Public Schools

  42,000 students and counting…   In October, our Consulting & Partnerships team completed a 30-month partnership (March 2021-September 2023) with Texas’ largest charter school network, Harmony Public Schools. Our role was to help the network refine its vision for instructional leadership, then build training and systems to study progress across its 55 (now 60) schools. …