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Creating and Sustaining EffectiveProfessionalLearning CommunitiesRay Bolam**, Agnes McMahon*, Louise Stoll***, Sally Thomas*and Mike Wallace**, with Angela Greenwood*, Kate Hawkey**,Malcolm Ingram**, Adele Atkinson*and Michele Smith*Universities of Bristol*, Bath** and London, Institute ofEducation***Research Report RR637RESEARCH Research Report No 637 Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning communities Ray Bolam**, Agnes McMahon*, Louise Stoll***, Sally Thomas* and Mike Wallace**, with Angela Greenwood*, Kate Hawkey**, Malcolm Ingram**, Adele Atkinson* and Michele Smith* Universities of Bristol*, Bath** and London, Institute of Education*** The views expressed in this report are the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills.

i EXECUTIVE REPORT This report summarises the main finding from the Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning Communities (EPLC) project, funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the General Teaching Council for England (GTCe) and the National

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