Question: Because so many administrators tell students it’s "my way or the highway," "it compels me to look into the matter of school climate. I would like to see a shift from conflict to collaboration. Do you have suggestions on resources related to school climate?"

Response:

A good starting place is with our Online Clearinghouse Quick Find on "Environments that Support Learning
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/environments.htm

You will see links to a number of materials from our Center, other online resources, and other centers focusing on this topic. Examples include

• Classroom environment scale, Rudolf Moos and Edison Trickett
  http://www.mindgarden.com/

• Positive school climate
  http://www.safehealthyschools.org/schoolclimate.htm

• Healthy learning environments
  http://www.ascd.org/publications/infobrief/issue38.html

• The relationship of school climate to the implementation of school reform
  http://www.westga.edu/~sclimate/REL.htm

• School Climate
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa3lk1.htm

• Climate and diversity of educational institutions
  http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98013.pdf

Although not online, you might want to get a copy through a library of a rather classic review by Carolyn Anderson published over 20 years ago entitled:"The Search for School Climate: A Review of the Research" (Review of Educational Research, Fall 1982, vol. 52, no 3. pp 368-420)

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