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Summary Table of Contents

The authors focus on the real-life, nitty-gritty challenges that change leaders face and how to put Fourth Way principles to work promoting student learning and achievement.

Helping educational leaders to use the ideas put forward in The Fourth Way, this book will allow readers to achieve positive and sustainable reform in their schools.

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Authors	p. xvii
The Crisis of Educational Change	p. 1
A Global Education Market	p. 1
Theories of Change in Action	p. 4
Three Ways of Change	p. 5
The Fourth Way Alternative	p. 8
Benchmarking or Bench-Pressing	p. 11
Cornerstones and Corner Stores	p. 16
The Organization of the Book	p. 19
The Paradox of Innovation and Improvement	p. 21
The Irony of Innovation and Improvement	p. 22
The Tragedy of Educational Innovation	p. 24
Innovating and Improving Together	p. 26
The Second Way: Neither Improvement nor Innovation	p. 29
The Third Way: Improvement Without Innovation	p. 33
The Third Way Plus: Innovation Without Improvement	p. 39
Toward the Fourth Way: Innovation With Improvement	p. 45
Finland: Professionalism, Participation, and Persistence	p. 47
Professional Capital	p. 49
Community and Society	p. 58
Conclusion	p. 68
Singapore: Innovation, Communication, and Paradox	p. 71
Teaching and Technology	p. 73
Paradoxes of High Performance	p. 79
Culture and Communication	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 89
Alberta: Innovation With Improvement	p. 93
The Frontier of Change	p. 97
The Alberta Initiative for School Improvement	p. 98
Innovation With Improvement	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 106
Ontario: Inclusion, Interaction, and Local Diversity	p. 109
A Province in Perspective	p. 110
Ontario's Special Education Policy	p. 111
Theories of Change Substance	p. 113
Theories of Change Process	p. 117
Conclusion	p. 130
England: Inspiration, Responsiveness, and Sustainability	p. 133
Decline and Recovery	p. 134
Leadership for Change	p. 137
Leadership Stability and Sustainability	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 147
Epilogue	p. 148
California: Professional Organizing for Public Good	p. 151
The Origins and Theories of Educational Change in Action	p. 154
Results	p. 167
Explaining the Impact	p. 169
A Fourth Way Network in a Second Way System	p. 171
Conclusion	p. 172
Pointers for Practice: The Global Fourth Way in Action	p. 173
The Six Pillars of Purpose	p. 175
The Five Principles of Professionalism	p. 176
The Four Catalysts of Coherence	p. 176
System Leaders	p. 177
School Leaders	p. 185
Global Fourth Way Teachers	p. 192
Toward the Global Fourth Way	p. 200
Endnotes	p. 203
Index	p. 225
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