Learn from schools that have made meaningful, positive, and lasting changes! The author presents an in-depth look at eight schools across the nation, winners of the National School Change Awards, that transformed themselves from low-performing to exemplary national status.

With specific examples, qualitative research, and portraiture, this insightful resource offers an inside view of the day-to-day dynamics of change in schools and provides answers to:

-Why are some schools able to change while other schools cannot?
-Why are people challenged by change?
-What is the best way to measure change?
-What characteristics must principals refine to bring about significant and sustainable change?