Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Michael Copland -- Introduction : we must keep asking the questions -- Any high-poverty school can become high performing -- Learning from high-performing, high-poverty schools -- Poverty and our moral responsibility -- A framework for action : leading high-poverty schools to high performance -- Building leadership capacity : HP/HP schools eliminate what doesn't work -- Building leadership capacity : how HP/HP schools do it -- Fostering a healthy, safe, and supportive learning environment : HP/HP schools eliminate what doesn't work -- Fostering a healthy, safe, and supportive learning environment : how HP/HP schools do it -- Focusing on student, professional, and system learning : HP/HP schools eliminate what doesn't work -- Focusing on student, professional, and system learning : how HP/HP schools do it -- Beyond improving individual schools : two critical questions -- Appendix : further verification of the framework.