This book offers a state-of-the-art collection of the most important ideas and evidence of educational change, bringing together some of today?s most influential thinkers and writers on the topic. This book functions at three levels: macro educational change at the societal level; large scale initiatives based on particular reform strategies; and fundamental reform in the profession of teaching itself. It deals with issues like educational innovation, reform, restructuring, culture-building, inspection, school-review, and change management. School leaders, system administration, teacher leaders, consultants, facilitators, educational researchers, staff developers and change agents of all kinds will find these volumes an indispensable resource for guiding them to both classic and cutting-edge understanding of educational change. Like other volumes in the series, this book brings together evidence and insights on educational change issues from leading writers and researchers in the field from across the world.