This policy brief examines new ways that US public school districts are organizing and managing instruction, ways that family and community organizations can engage those efforts, and ways that states can support them in doing so. In a complex education reform landscape, understanding the different ways districts are reforming instructional organization and management can be helpful for guiding family and community organizations in strategically directing their efforts. The brief offers recommendations for states committed to sustaining new patterns of instruction while also expanding the influence of family and community organizations. [This policy brief was made possible in part by funding from the Education Justice Network and the Spencer Systems Study at Northwestern University and University of Michigan.]