Nazis at school board meetings, teachers who refused to teach black children: these were just two of the many challenges Lee McMurrin faced during the turbulent years of court-ordered school integration. By employing a collaborative approach, Dr. McMurrin and his colleagues managed to keep the Toledo, Ohio public schools out of court. Upon becoming superintendent of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin public schools, his Toledo experience helped to inform his approach in a system that was already in federal court as a result of school segregation. Other major US cities, including Boston and Chicago,...