May 2003Learning CommunitiesWhat do they look like and how do you get there?
by Scott LaFee
Five school districts are trying different approaches to reach the same organizationwide goal.
Similar Reading: The Parable of the Blind Squirrel and Additional Resources
by Richard DuFour
The author, a longtime superintendent and consultant, details a strategy that establishes discernible parameters and then provides each school with the autonomy to chart its own course.
Similar Reading: Defining a Learning Community and Central-Office Support for Learning Communities and Four Steps Toward Team Engagement
by Amelia Newcomb
An extended interview with management consultant Peter Senge, founder of the Society for Organizational Learning and author of The Fifth Discipline.
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by Gerald D. Hill
A superintendent describes his district’s use of an assessment tool to diagnose internal conditions and relationships.
Similar Reading: Leadership Belief Statements
by Lew Rhodes
With unique long-term access to the inner workings as well as the superintendent, the author finds a large school district outside Washington, D.C., operating as if it was a system. Lew Rhodes is an educational consultant based in Silver Spring, Md.
From a Rural Start to a National Spotlight by Jay P. Goldman
Applying Credibility to Teacher Hiring by R. Gerard Longo
Societally Connected Thinking by Donald B. Louria, Howard F. Didsbury Jr. and Fred Ellerbusch
People
Reciprocal Agreement With You by John R. Lawrence
A Worthy Import From Singapore by Paul D. Houston
A Textbook Example of Organizing by Nick Penning