Using Advocacy and Communication to Create and Sustain Essential Schools

Notes on this Issue

Letter from Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Making the Pendulum Swing: Challenging Bad Education Policy in New York State
by Ann Cook and Phyllis Tashlik

Sidebar: More Information from the New York Performance Standards Consortium

Small School, Big Influence: Amy Biehl High School Tells Its Story
by Jill Davidson

Strategic Communication for Essential Schools: Advice from Christine Heenan

Sidebar: Tips for Successful Communication from Christine Heenan

Book Reviews

Sent to the Principal: Students Talk about Making High Schools Better by Kathleen Cushman and the youth of What Kids Can Do, Inc. reviewed by Jill Davidson

Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton by Sarah Sentilles
Eva A Frank

Resources

Where to Go for More: Resources for Advocacy and Communications

Go to the Source: More about the Essential Schools Featured in this Issue