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This book will empower everyone who works in education to build more support in Congress and state legislatures. It is full of personal anecdotes that illuminate successes, failures, and examples that teach from real-life experience. "Empowering School Leaders" is tailored for educators and designed to show them how to increase their political clout in the fight for education. This book is organized into the following parts: (1) People in Politics; and (2) The Process. Appended are: (1) How You Gonna Call? Effectiveness Rating for Forms of Communication; (2) Seven Steps for Creating a Powerful In-Person Encounter; (3) Be-Attitudes to Help You Succeed, Persevere, and Recover; and (4) Letters, E-mails, Faxes, and How to Make Them Work.