Democratic Leadership in Coalition Schools

Dear Readers

Letters from Dennis Littky, The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center and the Big Picture Company, Co-Director, and Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Democratic Leadership in Coalition Schools:
Why It's Necessary. How It Works
by Jill Davidson

Example: San Francisco Community School's Conflict Resolution Policy

Example: Anzar High School's Communication Guidelines

New Jersey Coalition Schools:
Compelled to Collaborate
by Jill Davidson

Leadership Paradoxes Common in New and Small Schools:
by Nancy Mohr and Alan Dichter

Book Reviews

Standards of Mind and Heart:
Creating the Good High School
by Peggy Clohessy Silva and Robert A. Mackin

Renewing America's Schools:
A Guide for School-Based Action
by Carl Glickman, reviewed by Holly Perry

Nonviolent Communication,
A Language of Compassion
by Marshall Rosenberg, reviewed by Kathy Simon

Shaping School Culture:
The Heart of Leadership
by Terrence E. Deal and Kent D. Patterson

Doing School:
How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students
by Denise Clark Pope, reviewed by Kathy Simon

Where to Go for More:

Resources for Exploring Collaborative Leadership