Mary Jean Gallagher & Michael Fullan 
The Devil Is in the Details [EPUB ebook] 
System Solutions for Equity, Excellence, and Student Well-Being

Preface
PART I: SYSTEM CHANGE
Chapter 1: The Nature of the Beast
The March of Evolution
The Dramatic Toll of Rising Inequity
The Serious Deficiency of Current Policies
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Emergence of System Solutions
The Limits of Complexity
The Phenomenology of Good System Change
Transition Time
Leadership From the Middle
Conclusion
PART II: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
Chapter 3: The School: The Leading Edge of Change
Living Locally
The New Moral Imperative
Equity
Excellence
Well-Being
How Does a School Improve in These Ways?
Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Middle: Fuel and Glue
Who Is “the Middle”?
Successful Districts: Still in the Minority
More System Change
Guidelines for the Middle
Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Macro: Direction and Liberation
Ontario, Canada; California, United States; Victoria, Australia: Good Start-Ups at Different Places in the Learning
Beware of (Seductive) Distractors
Layered, Connected Autonomy
Conclusion
PART III: THE NEW WORLD
Chapter 6: Where Do We Go From Here?
Details, Details, Details
System Change
The Global South and the Global North
A Necessary Convergence
Conclusion: As Human as You Get
References
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

Michael Fullan served as Premier Dalton Mc Guinty’s Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. He received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012 and holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world. His ‘interim autobiography’, Surreal Change, covers his work to 2018. Michael and his colleagues are now working diligently on field-based comprehensive system change in several countries. This work operates under the umbrella of what they call the ‘shared humanity paradigm’ —Equity, Engagement, Excellence–Deep change that integrates local (school and community), middle (district/regional), and state (policy) entities.Fullan’s favorite method of learning is to partner with groups that are engaged with change; and to learn together with them. (And then to write another book about the experiences, and what was learned).Michael Fullan’s latest books are:  Nuance (2019), Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (with Mark Edwards, 2022), The Principal 2.0 (2023), and The Drivers (with Joanne Quinn, 2023).For more information on books, articles, videos, podcasts please go to: www.michaelfullan.ca