The coming of post-standardization: three weddings and a funeral / Andy Hargreaves -- These may be good times: an argument that things are getting better / Ben Levin -- The plate tectonics of educational change in Ireland: consequences for research quality, policy and practice? / Ciaran Sugrue -- US school reform and classroom practice / Larry Cuban -- Community organizing for educational change: past illusions, future prospects / Dennis Shirley -- Roles for systematic social enquiry on policy and practice in mature educational systems / John M. Owen -- Schooling, curriculum, narrative and the social future / Ivor Goodson -- Research and community organizing as tools for democratizing educational policymaking / Jeannie Oakes ... [et al.] -- Improving city schools: who and what makes the difference? / Kathryn A. Riley -- Beyond 'misery research'--new opportunities for implementation research, policy and practice / Milbrey McLaughlin -- The knowledge society as a trigger for contemporary change in education policy and practice / Judyth Sachs -- How do teachers learn to lead? / Ann Lieberman -- Epilogue: the future of educational change? / Ciaran Sugrue.