This slim collection of folksy advice and reminiscences from a longtime educator could be titled "Everything I know I learned from my sailboat." Barth's sailing metaphor stretches throughout as brief chapters pass along his "craft knowledge"--"what we learn in the school of hard knocks by showing up"--through idiosyncratic "rules" for defining and dealing with interpersonal relationships on the job. Aimed at teachers and school administrators, the volume aims to bring calm to the workplace so better work can proceed. There is no index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

Founding Director, Harvard Principals' Center. Roland S. Barth is a consultant to schools, school systems, state departments of education, universities, foundations, and businesses in the United States and abroad. After receiving his AB degree from Princeton University and master's and doctoral degrees in Education from Harvard University, he served as a public school teacher and principal for fifteen years in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California. Barth received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1976, and joined the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for thirteen years. He serves as a trustee of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, a member of the board of Micro-Society Inc., chairman of the Board of the Principal Residency Network, and a member of the Board of Editorial Advisors of the Phi Delta Kappan.

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