ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 lays out examples and details about what we see happening in different parts of the world. What are people working on in different cultures? How are educational leaders working to play a role? Neoliberal and bureaucratic descriptions of leadership expectations push one way, but more professional, contextual, and responsive forms of leadership show promise in unique settings. We look at our experiences and work across the stages of our lives. Early experiences with curriculum development initiatives to improve democracy showed both opportunity and the lack of simple solutions. We then talk about examples from various projects around the world; we include struggles with European neoliberal initiatives to adopt the business discourse of accountability and evaluation; Kenyan and South African projects around defining the tenets of democracy and conceptualizing democratic life in the midst of the debilitating impacts of HIV/AIDS; support for under-resourced and under-performing schools in the United States; projects working to build engagement and equity with diverse communities; development of educational leaders in Poland; and the preparation of principals around the world. These projects give small glimpses of individuals and efforts that are trying to begin to impact their local context knowing there will be reverberations around the world.
