Improving Schools from Within

Roland S. Barth Roland S. Barth is one of the country's most renowned educators and the author of a best-selling book on improving schools.

• Foreword. 1. A Crisis of Confidence. 2. Adversaries Within the Schoolhouse. 3. Becoming Colleagues. 4. Building a Community of Learners. 5. Teachers as Learners. 6. Principals as Learners. 7. Learning to Lead. 8. Practice into Prose. 9. Between School and University. 10. Becoming a Community of Leaders. 11. Visions of Good Schools. 12. A Personal Vision.

"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educational staff's existing strengths." (The New York Times Book Review)