University of Cincinnati visits the University of Tennessee
and three dynamic schools in the Knoxville area!
March 30- April 2, 2005

"By committing to collective inquiry in a learning community with educational professionals who live and work in very different situations, all members of the groups stand to gain insight, empathy, understanding, and ideas for future innovation".
-Ross, Smith, and Roberts, 1994

I benefited tremendously from our "Knoxville-Cincinnati Educational Leadership Exchange". I had the opportunity to meet rural educational leaders, initiate dialogue, exchange ideas, and visit urban schools in Cincinnati and rural schools in Knoxville.

Through our visit, we widened our understandings, discovered common themes, and sought out a "compassionate sense of place" by sharing our own educational stories, settings, and realities.

To our University of Tennessee friends and colleagues, thank you for a wonderful experience!