ABSTRACT
True collaboration is a bit like the weather: it is a lot easier to talk about it than to do something about it. Schools have talked about becoming more collaborative for more than a decade, but few schools have gone beyond talking about it to actually become more collaborative. In many communities, a lot of time is spent going through the litany of why collaboration has not happened. Some of the frequently cited barriers to collaboration are:
Fear of losing power and control.
Rules, regulations, and policies.
Institutional bureaucracies.
Lack of collaborative skills.
Systems that reward independent rather than collaborative efforts.
Lack of the time needed to make collaboration work.
