CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction

LOVING TEACHERS 

Teaching as an Act of Love	If You Can Read This
“Don't You Just Love…?”	Letter From Leroy
Kids, Teachers and Curriculum	A Miracle in the Kindergarten

THE SENSE OF SIMPLICITY 

Discovery of a Sixth Grader	The Secret of  “Sagging Up”
“Sagging Up” in Class	Another Simple Solution

SENT DOWN 

1949: Sheridan and Miss Mildred Walker
The Late 1960s

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE 

Substitute Teacher	Where Is Michael Young?
To Intervene or Not to Intervene	A Rabbit on Trial
The Christmas Rooster

 SENT DOWN – AGAIN 

Where To Begin?	Letters to Mr. L.
Grant Clark	Group Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution

ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO LOVE LEARNING 

J. K. Rowling,  Meet  Irma Comwell	Expanding Choices and Alternatives for Children
A Principal's 11 Tips: How Not To Encourage Children  to Read

TIME OUT FOR TRIBUTES 

Patsy Smith and the Rock and Roller	Helen
A Portrait of Cecil Kittle

TESTING 

Testing Absurdities	Announcement of Vacancy
Teacher Work Day

 THE INS AND OUTS OF THE SCHOOL OFFICE 

The First Day	A Minute of Silence, Please!
A Taiwanese Student Visits Our School	Drills!
Saved By My Secretary!	On Cleaning Out A Principal’s Desk Drawer

BUREAUCRACY 

Breaking Barriers	A Teacher’s  Plea!
Quiet: Bureaucrats At Work!	Memo Mania
Only A Daydream	Would You Let the Monkeys Run the Zoo?
Binding Bureaucracy

SCHOOL CLIMATE 

Calming the Chaos on the Playground and in the Lunchroom	"Who Owns the School,  Anyway?”
A  Welcoming and Welcome Day	Staff Decision Making

BUILDING A HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP 

Breaking the Barrier of Distrust	Exploring Parent Involvement and Parent  Participation
When Teachers Listen to Parents and Parents Listen to Teachers

 ENVISIONING THE FUTURE 

Beyond the Three ‘R’s!	Dynamic Principals Plus Dynamic Principles
Big School and Small School	Planting Schools
Mining the Minds of All Our Youth

 APPENDIX I

Open Unit  Question and Answer Booklet for Parents

 APPENDIX II

Attributes of Focused Small Group Instruction