This book brings together the evidence of recent educational research to convey the realities of reform as they affect educators practice.

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Teaching and Leading on the Sharp Edge of Change, Nina Bascia, Andy Hargreaves; Part II Courses of Change; Chapter 2 The Attrition of Educational Change over Time: The Case of "Innovative," "Model," "Lighthouse" Schools, Dean Fink; Chapter 3 Leadership Succession, Cultures of Teaching and Educational Change, Robert B. Macmillan; Chapter 4 Change Agentry and the Quest for Equity: Lessons from Detracking Schools, Jeannie Oakes, Amy Stuart Wells, Susan Yonezawa, Karen Ray; Chapter 5 Changing Classroom Assessment: Teachers' Struggles, Lorna Earl, Steven Katz; Chapter 6 The Impact of Mandated Change on Teachers, Beverley Bailey; Part III Contexts of Change; Chapter 7 Gender Politics in School Reform, Amanda Datnow; Chapter 8 In the Margins: The Work of Racial Minority Immigrant Teachers, Nina Bascia, Dennis Thiessen; Chapter 9 Changing Schools in a Changing World, Benjamin Levin, J. Anthony Riffel; Part IV Prospects for Change; Chapter 10 Inside-Outside Change Facilitation: Structural and Cultural Considerations, Wayne Seller, Lynne Hannay; Chapter 11 Professionals and Parents: A Social Movement for Educational Change?, Andy Hargreaves;