This book is about the educational challenges facing teachers in Lithuania in the early years of the 1990's and the process of rebirth following the withdrawal of the Soviets. It uses the Fullan model to analyse the initiation of change and the problems that are faced by all those working in a post communist country. The essential focus is upon the scholars of Lithuania, their pupils and their teachers. This focus is illustrated by case studies and conversations with school directors. The contributors present this work as a record of the complexity of educational reform; of change in the functioning of the school community; and of challenge in the relation of teaching to learning. It is crucial to an understanding of educational problems of a changing society and in the challenges faced by a 'country in transition'.