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Why We Can’t Escape the Status Quo in Education: 200 years of doing the same thing just won’t cut it

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By Michael Fullan — January 09, 2023  3 min read

This is Part I in a two-part series by Michael Fullan.

The first mystery of system change in education is why has the 200-year-old current system in Western societies not transformed when the majority of people have known for at least 50 years that it does not work?

The second mystery is why “the system,” aside from using technology more frequently, is likely to revert to the status quo even when a pandemic has presented the opportunity to make fundamental change?

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Have you read these articles?: Two new articles and our Interview with Peter DeWitt have been posted

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Here are 6 Reasons Our Students Should Be Seen as Changemakers

Michael Fullan
September 6, 2022

When It Comes to the Teacher Shortage, Who’s Abandoning Whom?

Michael Fullan & Joanna Rizzotto
August 15, 2022

 

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The Right Drivers for Whole System Success: Los impulsores correctos el éxito de todo el sistema

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People are ready for System Transformation around the world. Announcing the Spanish translation of my report The Right Drivers for Whole System Success published by CSE and translated by Red Global.
February 2021

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Please visit our new website: Deep Learning

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The Right Drivers for Whole System Success

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In a brief conversation, Anthony Mackay and Michael Fullan, Global Leadership Director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learning and a worldwide authority on educational reform, discuss Fullan’s recently released paper, The Right Drivers for Whole System Success.

February 2021

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See also MichaelFullan.ca and NPDL.

 

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Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn Refine Their Method and Expand Their Reach: System Coherence and Deep Learning

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Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn lead New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (deep-learning.global) and are worldwide authorities on educational reform. That is why their recent visit as guests of the BYU–Public School Partnership drew many attendees from each school district. In a daylong event, they electrified the room, presenting research-backed approaches to help schools transform learning and bring success to every student.

Fullan and Quinn’s approach—aligning vision across districts, making schools relevant and engaging in a changing world,

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Carnegie Forum: Online Q&A

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Getting Serious About Capacity Building

Michael Fullan, Laura Schwalm, and Santiago Rincón-Gallardo
April 2, 2020

Like so many others we went virtual for the Carnegie Forum in our April 2, 75-minute session on “Getting Serious about Capacity Building”. There was a great turnout and we received some really positive feedback. A few targeted questions emerged which we respond to publicly in this note.

Follow our work at:
www.michaelfullan.ca
https://deep-learning.global/
www.caedpartners.org
www.rincongallardo.academia.edu

 

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Nuance Book Review by Garth Nichols

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Garth Nichols’ review of Nuance puts into perspective how well suited Michael Fullan’s writing is even in these times of disruption and uncertainty. Leadership is as important now as it ever was and this book offers key concepts and characteristics of what ‘Nuanced Leaders’ need to know to make a difference.

Garth Nichols
Cohort 21 Member Blog
April 2, 2020

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Leading in a Culture of Change 2nd Edition

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Message from Michael

The first edition of Leading in a Culture of Change (LCC) was published in 2001. It was the first book that I wrote for education and business leaders alike. Several readers contacted me and said that the book made them realize how much they had failed to appreciate culture as foundational.

Now, 20 years later I re-wrote all of the chapters and updated them with the latest research, including that of our own.  

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