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This issue of Policy Perspectives presents seven “rules of change” that were developed by noted author and UCLA professor William G. Ouchi in his new book, Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need (Simon & Schuster).

In the chapter excerpted here, Ouchi details those rules that he argues lead most often to successful school change: (1) People don’t fear change—unless they’re kept in the dark; (2) revolutionary change requires the perception that there’s a crisis; (3) structure must change before culture can change; (4) change must be top-down; (5) change must be bottom-up; (6) follow the money! and (7) school reform isn’t partly politics—it’s all politics!