Educators will find more than sixty strategies and reflections to help guide the success of any new or experienced school leader. Beginning with methods of assessing the organizations culture, the book then expands on ways to empower staff, students, and community members to embrace change.

Who could hold a grudge for fifty years? As he crossed the stage to receive his high school diploma, Mark Pierce was met with a chorus of boos. In just one fateful night during the final weeks of his senior year, Mark had managed to earn the title "Most Despised Classmate." Realizing his classmates hated him for what he had done, he immediately left Oak Ridge, vowing never to return. For fifty years, Mark avoided the pain of the past and never looked back. Now, armed with an invitation from the reunion committee and buoyed by the hope he can put a terrible memory to rest, Mark summons the...