Quality School: Managing Students Without Coercion

"This should be required reading by every school administator, every teacher, every board member and all university faculty involved in the training of teachers. There is no doubt that we need to squeeze all blame, all coerion and all criticism out of any people-related business. Not until we realize that schools are in a people business will we ever be able to make meaningful changes."
—Dr. Albert Mamary, former superintendent of schools, Johnson City, New York

Shows that traditional coercive management in schools is the root of today's educational problems.

"This should be required reading by every school administator, every teacher, every board member and all university faculty involved in the training of teachers. There is no doubt that we need to squeeze all blame, all coerion and all criticism out of any people-related business. Not until we realize that schools are in a people business will we ever be able to make meaningful changes."
—Dr. Albert Mamary, former superintendent of schools, Johnson City, New York

Albert Mamary

This should be required reading by every school administrator, every teacher, every board member and all university faculty involved in the training of teachers.

William Glasser, M.D., is a world-renowned psychiatrist who lectures widely. His numerous books have sold 1.7 million copies, and he has trained thousands of counselors in his Choice Theory and Reality Therapy approaches. He is also the president of the William Glasser Institute in Los Angeles.