Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference.

31 Roland S. Barth Bill Ferriter-Reviewer 1991 Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference. Bill Ferriter, a North Carolina NBCT, reviews Barth’s book which emphasizes the importance of the relationships between adults in a school, analyzing how teachers sometimes cultivate professional isolation and the pressure of accountability on administrators. Ferriter calls the book, written by a Harvard professor who was a principal for ten years, “authentic.”<o:p></o:p> Citation: Barth, R.S. (1991). Improving schools from within: Teachers, parents, and principals can make the difference. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>