This unique text uses a reader-friendly style and eight practitioner narratives to integrate curriculum study and education reform literature in an accessible way. It applies the philosophical visions of John Dewey, Maxine Greene, and other critically-informed educational progressives to the practical realities of systemic curriculum and teaching reform. The book discusses: 1) teaching and learning implications of democratic progressive education; 2) the human developmental and political challenges of transformative curriculum leadership; 3) transformative curriculum designing, planning, evaluation, and school cultures; and 4) transformative leadership in education.