Articles
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• Educational Horizons,
  by Peggy Silva, Betty Bisplinghoff, Carmen Tolivar, Ross Peterson-Veatch, Debbie Bambino, Camilla Greene, Bruce Law, Jill Hudson, Alan Dichter and Vivian Orlen, etc.
  Pi Lambda Theta, Fall, 2005.
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• Professional Learning Communities: Key Themes from the Literature
  by Stephanie Feger and Elise Arruda.
  
  
• Empowering YOUth,
  by Harmony VISTA Project.
  August, 2005.
  
  
• Developing a Culture of Inquiry for Equity: One School's Story
  by Tanya Friedman
  Chapter 1 in Building Inquiry Communities and Leadership for Equity
  

  
  
• Tipping Point: From Feckless Reform to Substantive Instructional Improvement,
  by Mike Schmoker.
  Phi Delta Kappan, February, 2004.
  
  
• Looking at Student Work for Teacher Learning, Teacher Community and School Reform
  by Judith Warren Little, Maryl Gearhart, Marnie Curry, and Judith Kafka
  Phi Delta Kappan, November, 2003.

  
  
• A Facilitator's Book of Questions:
  Resources for Looking Together at Student and Teacher Work,
  by David Allen & Tina Blythe.
  Teachers College Press, 2003.
  
  
• "Critical Friends",
  by Deborah Bambino.
  Educational Leadership, March, 2002.
  
  
• "Critical Friends Groups: Teachers Helping Teachers Improve Student Learning",
  by Faith Dunne, Bill Nave and Anne Lewis.
  Phi Delta Kappa Center for Evaluation, Development and Research Bulletin, December 2000.
  
  
• "Educators Making Portfolios: First Results from the National School Reform Faculty",
  by Kathleen Cushman.
  Phi Delta Kappan, June 1999.
  
  
• "When I Grow Up, I Don't Think I Want To Be a Teacher...",
  by Paula Evans.
  Education Week, June 2, 1999.
  
  
• "Professional Development For Principals: Seven Core Beliefs",
  by Paula Evans and Nancy Mohr.
  Phi Delta Kappan, March 1999.
  
  
• "Critical Friends Groups: In Pursuit of Excellence",
  by Barbara R. Bloom.
  Mt. Airy Times Express, March 17, 1999.
  
  
• "Everyone Needs 'Critical Friends' ",
  AEA Advocate, December 1998. Arizona Education Association
  

• "The Importance of 'Critical Friends': Reform Effort Gets Teachers Talking",
  by Lynn Olson.
  Education Week, May 27, 1998

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