"Sergiovanni gives educators a powerful template for crafting responsible and humane schools." (Educational Leadership)

"Sergiovanni believes education must develop its own theories and practices based on what schools are trying to do and the kinds of people schools serve. . . . RecommAnded for all levels of readers." (Choice)

"The first book I've seen in years that provides an authentic organization for our schools--one reflecting their core purposes, functions, and rhythms. Reading this book will make educators feel they have come home to familiar land and can still build anew from there." (Michael Huberman, professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University)

"Sergiovanni's alternative vision of schools as caring, intimate places built on mutual respect, civic responsibility, and shared purposes gets to the heart of excellence in education." (Ernest L. Boyer, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)