All too often, educational leaders are called on to reverse bad situations - students who are performing below state standards, teachers who don't trust management, schools who have lost the confidence of their local communities. What can leaders do to get their schools back on the right track? Where will a leader's effort yield the best results? In this book, Michael Fullan reviews the best that research and practice has to offer on this topic, and shows how leaders can turn even the worst situation into an opportunity to shake-up and rejuvenate their schools. Fullen is the author of Leading in a Culture of Change (0-7879-5395-4).

Table of Contents

Preface. About the Author. 1. The Real Reform Agenda. 2. Turning Schools Around. 3. Change. 4. Turning a Whole System Around. References. Index.

About the Author

Michael Fullan is professor of policy studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Recognized as an international authority on educational reform, he is engaged in training, consulting, and evaluating change projects around the world.

Reviews

"...offers strategies that are action oriented and focused on capacity building for the future." (Journal of Educational Change, 8:287-289)