The Challenge of Change: Start School Improvement Now!

Abstract

Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Change Forces 1. Introduction - Michael Fullan 2. 8 Forces for Leaders of Change - Michael Fullan, Claudia Cuttress, Ann Kilcher 3. The Road to School Improvement - Richard F. Elmore, Elizabeth A. City 4. The Fourth Way of Change - Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley 5. Special Topic/Transforming High Schools - Pedro A. Noguera Part II. Instructional Focus at the School Level 6. The Principal and Change - Michael Fullan 7. Breakthrough Components - Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, Carmel Crevola 8. New Insights Into Professional Learning Communities at Work - Rick DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Bob Eaker 9. Coaches as Leaders of Change - Jim Knight 10. Developing and Sustaining School Principals - Kenneth Leithwood, Scott Bauer, Brian Reidlinger Part III. District Level Change 11. Sustaining Leadership in Complex Times - Michael Fullan, Lyn Sharratt 12. The PELP Coherence Framework - Stacey Childress, Richard Elmore, Allen Grossman, Susan Moore Johnson Part IV. Large-Scale Reform 13. Learning About System Renewal - Ben Levin, Michael Fullan 14. Economic Success, Civil Rights, and the Seven Challenges for Education Reform in the U.S. - Michael Barber Index