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When a Middle-L listserv member asked fellow subscribers why school
reform so often fails, a middle school principal sent this response.
"There is nothing . . . more perilous to conduct"
Mike: I came across a quote from Machiavelli that answers your question
of why change is so difficult. I hope it has a much meaning to you as it
did to me.
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to
conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things, because the innovator has for enemies
all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders
in those who may do well under the new."
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