Nina Bascia is Associate Professor of Theory and Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto., Andy Hargreaves is Co-Director and Professor in the International Centre for Educational Change, also at the OISE.

'"It is about time that teachers were pulled back from the sharp edge of change and moved towards its leading edge ..." That must be true - and the evidence makes important reading.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

• 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;