ISBN 978-1-879639-60-7

      Dedication

      To the two men who have had the greatest impact upon my life—my father and my son.

      —Richard DuFour

      To my wife, Star, and my children, Robin and Carrie. And to my mother, Jewel Eaker, and in memory of my father, Raymond.

      —Robert Eaker

      Acknowledgments

      We gratefully acknowledge Nancy Wagner and Tammie Allen for their work in the preparation of this manuscript. Robert Granner made a tremendous contribution to this project with his thoughtful and thorough editing of rough drafts of each chapter.

      For the past 15 years, the faculty and staff of Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, has been engaged in the hard work of building a professional learning community. Much of what we have learned can be attributed to them. We also gratefully acknowledge the Board of Education of the Stevenson District for providing the leadership, support, and encouragement that has sustained this long improvement initiative.

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