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Connecting Learning Communities: Capacity Building for Systemic Change

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Second International Handbook of Educational Change

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Piecemeal educational reform is yesterday’s news. The environment is characterised by increasingly rapid change and complexity. Meanwhile, intractable challenges of quality and equity persist in numbers of jurisdictions, and standards have plateaued in several systems promoting centralised strategies.

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With grateful thanks to Lorna Earl and Julie Temperley who commented on an earlier draft.

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    Louise Stoll

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  1. Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Campion Hall, Chestnut Hill, 02467-3813, USA

    Andy Hargreaves

  2. Advancement of Teaching, Carnegie Foundation for the, Vista Lane 51, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Ann Lieberman

  3. Ontario Institute for Studies in, Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Bloor Street W. 252, Toronto, M5S 1V6, Canada

    Michael Fullan

  4. Inst. Education, HSBC Chair iNet in, University of London, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom

    David Hopkins

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Stoll, L. (2010). Connecting Learning Communities: Capacity Building for Systemic Change. In: Hargreaves, A., Lieberman, A., Fullan, M., Hopkins, D. (eds) Second International Handbook of Educational Change. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2660-6_28

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