ABSTRACT
This book began with a poem I stumbled on quite a few years ago in a work called The Harried Leisure Class (Linder, 1970). On the page facing this poem is a simple quote by Dennis Gabor, “Till now man has been up against nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature.” (Linder, 1970, p. x)
The nature of our society implores us to do more, increase complexity, and ignore the finiteness of the time available. Our schools reflect these same tendencies, and our school leaders find themselves facing enormous demands with limited time in which to address them.
