The Devil is in the Details shows how we can re-think the education system and its three levels of leadership, local, middle, and top, so that each level can contribute to dramatic turnaround for education and society.The focus is on examining details to ensure effective actions are taken, rather than assuming large pronouncements and policies will drive change. Readers will find: details and analysis about successful systems in California, Ontario, and Australia; ideas for how teachers at all levels can take steps to begin; vignettes, actions and strategies that illustrate how to address equity, excellence and well-being. With the goal of transforming the culture of learning to develop greater equity, excellence, and student wellbeing, this book will help you liberate the system and maintain focus.

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PART I: SYSTEM CHANGE: Chapter 1: The Nature of the Beast -- The March of Evolution -- The Dramatic Toll of Rising Inequity -- The Serious Deficiency of Current Policies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The Emergence of System Solutions -- The Limits of Complexity -- The Phenomenology of Good System Change -- Transition Time -- Leadership From the Middle -- Conclusion -- PART II: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: Chapter 3: The School: The Leading Edge of Change -- Living Locally -- The New Moral Imperative -- Equity -- Excellence -- Well-Being -- How Does a School Improve in These Ways? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Middle: Fuel and Glue -- Who Is "the Middle"? -- Successful Districts: Still in the Minority -- More System Change -- Guidelines for the Middle -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Macro: Direction and Liberation -- Ontario, Canada; California, United States; Victoria, Australia: Good Start-Ups at Different Places in the Learning -- Beware of (Seductive) Distractors -- Layered, Connected Autonomy -- Conclusion -- PART III: THE NEW WORLD -- Chapter 6: Where Do We Go From Here? -- Details, Details, Details -- System Change --The Global South and the Global North -- A Necessary Convergence -- Conclusion: As Human as You Get -- References.