Table of Contents

Preface, Wayne K. Hoy and Michael DiPaola.; The Empirical Consequences of School Trust, Patrick B. Forsyth.; Building Trust in Schools: A Review of the Empirical Evidence, Curt M. Adams.; Evaluating the Culture of High Schools in Relation to Their Demographic Characteristics and Performance, Ted J. Kowalski and Kathleen Hermann.; Defining, Measuring, and Validating Teacher and Collective Responsibility, Laura LoGerfo and Roger Goddard.; Systems Thinking and Culture Change in Urban School Districts, Leigh McGuigan.; Measuring District Climate, Michael DiPaola and Kathleen Smith.; U-Turn Required: How Virginia's First School Turnaround Specialists are Meeting the Challenges of Improving Low-Performing Schools, Daniel L. Duke, Pamela D. Tucker, Michael J. Salmonowicz, and Melissa K. Levy.; Encouraging Teacher Leaders, Marc A. L. Shelton, Virginia Davidhizar Birky, and W. Scot Headley.; Curriculum and Instruction Policy in the Context of Multiple Accountabilities, Jason P. Nance and Helen M. Marks.; African American Female Superintendents Speaking the Language of Hope: Reconstructing the Multi-Dimensions of Passion, Juanita Cleaver Simmons and W. Yvonne Johnson.; Charter Schools, Communities, and Local Newspapers: New Questions to Examine, Ann Allen and Dwan V. Robinson.; About the Editors.; About the Contributors.