This, the first mega-analysis in education policy and practice, combines an overview of insightful meta-analyses of factors contributing to the success of schools and an analysis of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments in education in general and schools in particular.

1: Narratives in Self-Management 2: Expectations and Impact of Self-Management 3: Unchaining the Self-Managing School 4: A Study of Contrasts in the West 5: Can the West Catch Up? 6: Possibilities for the Powerhouses 7: Contours of Change 8: Innovation Everywhere 9: The Transformation of Learning 10: Financial Capital and Transformation 11: Funding Models and their Fitness for Purpose 12: Re-discovering Social and Spiritual Capital 13: The Knowledge 14: Governance Ethos Leadership Policy 15: Narratives in Self-Transformation

Brian J. Caldwell is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Educational Transformations, Australia, and Professorial Fellow and former Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Jim M. Spinks is Director of All Across the Line and a former school principal who consults widely on student-focused planning and resource allocation, both in Australia and internationally.