"Like all of Fullan's work, this is a must read. He offers such precise strategies for implementation that inaction is no longer an option for educators who are committed to high levels of learning for all students."
—Richard DuFour, Author

Successful school leadership in action

Achieving excellence begins with hard work at the ground level. There is no question that the stakes have been raised and that school leaders have more pressure—and more opportunity—to make a bigger difference than ever before. Award-winning author and educational reform expert Michael Fullan takes the subject of moral leadership to the next level by showing how to put change into practice at the local and systemic levels. He explains how the combined forces of shared leadership make the difference, and outlines proven ways to:

• Create a culture of moral leadership
• Drive change with school leaders
• Achieve systemwide progress
• Avoid educational blind alleys

School leaders and principals must answer the call to drive the change our children deserve. This invaluable resource will inspire, educate, and provide a map for blazing the trail to success.

1. The idea of moral purpose has become much more serious. There is greater, more intense pressure on making it happen— and this book contains tools and examples of how to do just that.

2. We actually know how to accomplish greater moral purpose with results to show for it. I will furnish plenty of cases of actual implementation which allow us to see "how" it can be put into practice—what I call realized moral purpose

3. another dramatic change is that we are addressing larger swaths of the system. No longer is the moral imperative about this or that outstanding school. Rather it is about whole systems engaged in successful reform—whole districts, whole states or provinces, whole countries. All schools must be implicated in the pursuit of the moral imperative.

4. This book zeroes in on school and system leadership to show what it can do on the ground. It reveals how leaders are part and parcel of system change; that they can and must affect the micro and macro pictures.