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Rick DuFour

Rick DuFour is a powerful voice in staff development discussions about learning communities. His success in establishing effective learning communities as the superintendent of Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, informed his series of columns under the heading Community. His more recent series, Leading Edge, places more emphasis on the role of the leader in school communities.

• What might be: Open the door to a better future, JSD, Summer 2007.

• Leading edge: Promises kept -- Collective commitments to students become a catalyst for improved professional practice, JSD, Summer 2006, written with Rebecca DuFour, Damen Lopez, and Anthony Muhammad.

• Leading edge: Culture shift doesn't occur overnight--or without conflict, JSD, Fall 2004.
• Leading edge: Are you looking out the window or in a mirror?, JSD, Summer 2004.
• Leading edge: The best staff development is in the workplace, not in a workshop, JSD, Spring 2004.
• Leading edge: Leadership is an affair of the heart, JSD, Winter 2004.

• Leading edge: 'Collaboration lite' puts student achievement on a starvation diet, JSD, Fall 2003.
• Leading edge: Ask for more, but focus on doing better with what's at hand, JSD, Summer 2003.
• Leading edge: If we are to call ourselves professionals, we are obligated to use the best practices. Anything less is unacceptable., JSD, Spring 2003.
• Leading edge: Procrastination can sink even the best school improvement plan, JSD, Winter 2003.

• Leading edge: How deep is your support system, JSD, Fall 2002.
• Feature article: Pull out negativity by its roots, JSD, Summer 2002, written with Becky Burnette.
• Leading edge: Bring the whole staff on board, JSD, Summer 2002.
• Leading edge: One clear voice is needed in the din, JSD, Spring 2002.
• Community: How to get the best return on the minute, JSD, Winter 2002.

• Community: Getting everyone to buy in, JSD, Fall 2001.
• Community: How to launch a community, JSD, Summer 2001.
• Community: Looking outside, JSD, Spring 2001.
• Feature article: In the right context, JSD, Winter 2001.
• Community: That's our mission?, JSD, Winter 2001.

• Community: Change that counts, JSD, Fall 2000.
• Community: Why teach? If you believe we must have an educated citizenry. . ., JSD, Summer 2000.
• Community: Clear connections, JSD, Spring 2000.
• Community: Data put a face on shared vision, JSD, Winter 2000.

• Community: Challenging role--Playing the part of principal stretches one's talents, JSD, Fall 1999.
• Community: Autonomy--In the midst of community, there's room for the individual, JSD, Summer 1999.
• Community: Game plan, JSD, Spring 1999.
• Community: Taking on loneliness, JSD, Winter 1999.

• Community: Why celebrate? It sends a vivid message about what is valued, JSD, Fall 1998.
• Community: Don't ask, don't tell about the A.C.T., JSD, Summer 1998.
• Community: You won't find this on any checklist, JSD, Spring 1998.
• Community: Learning-centered schools grow from strong cultures, JSD, Winter 1998.

• Community: Seeing with new eyes, JSD, Fall 1997.
• Community: Make the words of mission statements come to life, JSD, Summer 1997.
• Community: Moving toward the school as a learning community, JSD, Winter 1997.

• Feature article: The principal as staff developer, JSD, Fall 1995, written with Timothy Berkey.