Change Leadership

A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools

Change Leadership

By: Tony Wagner, Robert Kegan, Lisa Lahey, Richard W. Lemons, Jude Garnier, Deborah Helsing, Annie Howell, Harriette Thurber Rasmussen

A framework for leading meaningful school transformation. Developed by the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the book offers a structured approach to understanding and guiding change in schools.
Bridges vision with practical action. The authors provide tools, exercises, and real examples that help educators translate leadership ideas into everyday practice.
Addresses the real pressures facing educators. The book explores how leaders can navigate the tension between long-term educational goals and immediate accountability demands.
Equips educators to become agents of change. By integrating both the human and organizational sides of reform, the book helps leaders build the skills and mindset needed to guide lasting improvement in schools.

The ideas are powerful, deep, comprehensive, and grounded with tools to turn them into transformative action.

Michael Fullan, Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,

University of Toronto, and author, Leading in a Culture of Change

About

The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education, through its work with educators, has developed a thoughtful approach to transforming schools amid increasing demands for accountability. This book brings the work of the Change Leadership Group to a broader audience, providing a framework for analyzing school change and exercises that guide educators in developing their practice as agents of change. It exemplifies a new and powerful approach to school leadership.

Reviews

“Change Leadership uses believable examples and provides common-sense analysis of the challenges facing today’s educators. It is a well-written, straightforward guide with clear explanations and practical solutions.”

Thomas W. Payzant, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

“Caught between the imperative of preparing students for the next half-century and the political mandate for short-term performance improvement on standardized tests, many educators are dropping by the wayside, but a few are stepping forward with new leadership skills and vision… [The authors] have created an invaluable guidebook for those with the courage to have conviction without answers and the openness to learn together.”

Peter M. Senge, Author, The Fifth Discipline

“There seem to be more books on school reform than there are schools in the United States. This one stands out. The volume, which grows out of a five-year study of school reform across the country, uniquely integrates both the organizational and human elements required for success.”

Arthur Levine, President, Teachers College, Columbia University

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