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With constant innovations in schools a part of the modern environment in education in mind, the contributors of these ten articles offer descriptions and projections of the new methods and theories likely to come. Article topics include contemporary perspectives on "school effectiveness" and "school improvement," and whether it is time to move beyond what may have become cliches, a structural critique of "school effectiveness" and "school improvement," reviews of the micro-politics of change and the roles of power and culture, the impact of both movements on present teacher education and its future, an analysis of a contextual perspective that fits schools around the needs of students, and a review of future challenges of "school effectiveness" and "school improvement." Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)