Catalyst for Change offers a comprehensive overview of some of the most significant innovations in education over the past 60 years. These multifaceted changes shaped transformations that remain pillars in the K-12 education system today. It describes advancements in special education, teacher leadership, teacher preparation, education policy, and accreditation of teacher and administrator preparation programs, among others. For those wanting to look back to understand how these innovations began, this collection of chapters offers both a historical record and insights into how these innovations came about and influence education today

Joellen Killion, leadership and learning consultant, senior advisor, Learning Forward

Catalysts for Change chronicles how key elements of our education system – from teacher preparation and teacher leadership to gifted and special education – came to be what they are today, through the lived lens of veteran teachers who directly shaped them. The authors colorfully bring U.S. public school history to life, sharing lessons learned and begging the question of what ought to come next.

Ellen Behrstock Sherratt, board chair of the Teacher Salary Project