The Fourth Way: The Inspiring Future for Educational Change

A compelling approach to lasting educational change informed by lessons learned and new successes worldwide!

Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley present a concise framework for successful and sustainable reform that integrates teacher professionalism, community engagement, government policy, and accountability. Drawing from research on traditional methods and new findings from around the globe, the authors offer an absorbing and insightful analysis of three major efforts of the past 25 years, outline the strengths and limitations of each model, and offer a fourth way for achieving dramatic improvement built on:

• Six Pillars of Purpose that support change


• Three Principles of Professionalism that drive change


• Four Catalysts of Coherence that sustain change