"The 4 C's (context, culture,
conditions, and competencies) was
a great opportunity to discover
and understand the perspectives
of my colleagues. I found their
comments to be a growth
experience for me. I am energized
to work on change and have
more resources and tools
to work with"

Mark Krommendyk,
Principal, Millbrook Christian
Grand Rapids Christian District,
Participant in Onsite Learning Lab,
Grand Rapids, MI, August 2004

 

Resources

Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools

Tony Wagner
Bob Kegan
Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey
Richard Lemons
Other Publications and Links

Tony Wagner

Books

Global Achievement Gap: Why Even our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need -- And What We Can do About It
Basic Books, 2009

Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools
RoutledgeFalmer, 2001

How Schools Change: Lessons from Three Communities Revisited
RoutledgeFalmer, 2000

Videos

Do you want to learn how to facilitate discussions for school "reinvention" in your community?
Are you interested in knowing what adolescents have to say about their schools?
For information on ordering a powerful new video resource and facilitators' guide,
visit http://www.seattleschools.org/area/ibc/tw.xml.

Articles

"Leading for Change"
Education Week, August 15, 2007

"Rigor on Trial"
Education Week, January 11, 2006

"The Challenge of Change Leadership"
Education Week, October 27, 2004

"Beyond Testing: The 7 Disciplines for Strengthening Instruction"
Education Week, November 12, 2003

"Reinventing America's Schools"
Phi Delta Kappan, May 2003

"images/secondary/ School Change: Challenge and the Three Rs of Reinvention"
Education Week, November 27, 2002

"The Case for 'New Village' Schools"
Education Week, December 5, 2001

"Leadership for Learning: An Action Theory for School Change"
Phi Delta Kappan, January 2001

"A Critical Fork in the Road: Toward 'Passing the Test' - or Toward Real Achievement?"
Education Week, April 11, 2001 (co-authored by Tom Vander Ark)

"Between Hope and Despair: The Case for Smaller High Schools"
Education Week, June 21, 2000 (co-authored by Tom Vander Ark)

"Reflections on Columbine: Education Standards for the Heart?"
Education Week, May 12, 1999

"Reasons to Learn in the New Village Schoolhouse"
School Administrator, December 1999

"Change as Collaborative Inquiry: A 'Constructivist' Methodology for Reinventing Schools"
Phi Delta Kappan, March 1998

"From Compliance to Collaboration: Four Qualities Needed to Change Schools"
Education Week, April 22, 1998

"The New Village Commons - Improving Schools Together"
Educational Leadership, February 1997

"Bringing School Reform Back down to Earth"
Phi Delta Kappan, October 1996

"Creating a Community Consensus on Core Values"
Education Week, October 9, 1996

”School Choice to What End?” (out of print)
Phi Delta Kappan, September 1996

"Seeking Common Ground: Goal-Setting with all Constituencies"
Educational Leadership, December 1995

“What’s School Really for, Anyway? And who Should Decide?” (out of print)
Phi Delta Kappan, January 1995

“How to Conduct a Focus Group” (out of print)
New Schools, New Communities, Spring 1995

"Why Charter Schools"
Education Week, June 22, 1994

"Systemic Change: Rethinking the Purpose of School
"
Educational Leadership, September 1993

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Bob Kegan

Books

In Over Our Heads: the Mental Demands of Modern Life
Harvard University Press, 1994

The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development
Harvard University Press, 1982

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Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey

Books

Immunity to Change
Harvard Business Press, 2009

How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
Jossey Bass, 2000

Articles

"Inner Conflicts, Inner Strengths: An Interview with Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey"
Journal of Staff Development, National Staff Development Council, Summer 2002

"The Real Reason People Won't Change"
Harvard Business Review, November 2001

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Richard Lemons

Lemons, R. W., Luschei, T.F., & Siskin, L.S. (2003)
"Leadership and the Demands of Standards-based Accountability."
In M. Carnoy, R. Elmore, & L.S. Siskin (Eds.),
The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

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Other Related Publications and Links

Articles

Changing Schools from the Ground Up
Harvard Graduate School of Education, August 1, 2003

Unlearning to Improve Public Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education, December 1, 2002

Hard Questions About Practice
Educational Leadership, May 2002

"Against Odds, School Propels Its Students to College"
Education Week, May 16, 2001

"The Breakup: Suburbs Try Smaller High Schools"
Education Week, May 2, 2001

"Getting Serious About High School"
Education Week, April 11, 2001

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Links

Academy 21: Leadership for 21st Century Education

The Society for Organizational Learning (SoL)

West Clermont, OH Local School District

www.schoolchange.org

www.mindsatwork.com

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