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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• PART I: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL CHANGE
• 1. A Brief History of Educational Change
• The First Attempt Falls Flat
• The Plan of the Book
• Prospects for Reform
• 2. The Meaning of Educational Change
• The General Problem of the Meaning of Change
• The Subjective Meaning of Educational Change
• The Objective Reality of Educational Change
• Shared Meaning and Program Coherence
• 3. Insights into the Change Process
• The Wrong Drivers
• The Elements of Successful Change
• Final Comments
• 4. Initiation, Implementation, and Continuation
• Traditional Model of the Change Process: An Overview
• Factors Affecting Initiation
• Factors Affecting Implementation
• Factors Affecting Continuation
• Lean Startup Model
• 5. Planning, Doing, and Coping with Change
• Why Planning Fails
• Repositioning Planning
• Coping with Change
• PART II: EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
• 6. The Teacher
• Where Teachers Are
• Enter Change
• The Professional Capital of Teachers
• 7. The Principal
• Where Principals Are
• The Principal as Lead Learner
• 8. The Student
• Where Students Are
• The Student and Change
• 9. The Parent and the Community
• The Difficulties of Parent Involvement in Schools
• School Boards and Communities
• Implications
• 10. The District Administrator
• Where District Administrators Are
• The District Administrator and Change
• New Glimmers of Continuous Improvement
• Leadership from the Middle
• PART III: EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AT THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS
• 11. Governments
• The Role of Governments in Large-Scale School Reform
• Whole-System Improvement
• What’s Next?
• 12. The Teaching Profession and Its Leaders
• Continuous Learning and Internal Accountability
• Standards and External Accountability
• Preparation and Career Patterns of Teachers
• Putting It All Together
• The Role of Leadership
• 13. The Future of Educational Change
• References
• Index
• About the Author