Advisories in Essential Schools

Notes on this Issue

Letter from Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

The Simple Complexity of Advisories
by Jill Davidson

We All Win Together: Met Graduates Reflect on Advisories
by Kristin Waugh-Hempel and Chris Hempel, with Tekesha Lopes, Alex Rivera, Ramon Frias, Joe Claprood, Jesse Suchman and Elissa Toro

Advisory Program Research and Evaluation
by Reino Makkonen

Creating Advisories: A Few Notes from the Field
by Carol Miller Lieber and Rachel A. Poliner

Connections that Matter and Endure
by Mara Benitez

Book Reviews

The Red Pencil: Convictions from Experience in Education by Theodore Sizer
reviewed by Jill Davidon

Keeping School: Letters to Families from Principals of Two Small High Schools by Deborah Meier, Theodore Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools edited by Deborah Meier and George Wood
reviewed by Jill Davidson

The Big Picture: Education is Everyone's Business
by Dennis Littky with Smanatha Grabelle
reviewed by Jill Davidson

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship in Schools by Ron Berger
reviewed by Laura Flaxman

Teaching As Inquiry: Asking Hard Questions to Improve Practice and Student Achievement by Alexanra Weinbaum, et. al.
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Where to Go for More

Sidebar: CES Network Sources for Advisory Development

Resources: Workshops and Publications to Help Schools Plan and Strengthen Advisories

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