Part 1: Understanding educational change: A brief history of educational change -- The meaning of educational change -- Insights into the change process -- Initiation, implementation, and continuation -- Part 2. Educational change at the local level: The teacher -- The principal -- The student -- The parent and the community -- The district administrator -- Part 3. Educational change at the regional and national levels: Governments -- The teaching profession and its leaders -- The future of educational change -- References -- Index.