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a reinvigorated and fortified laissez-faire free market economic and neo-liberal policy hegemony is rapidly changing the operations and behaviors of educational programs and institutions. education’s role in national economic fortunes has assumed primacy over its individual, civic, or social benefits (reid, gill & sears, 2010; smyth & shacklock, 2004). education is a contested and highly political realm of social life. reforms are “deeply political”, and raise questions about the fundamental purposes of education (woods, 2008, p. 80). globalization has had a profound effect, forcing education institutions to rethink their operations and behaviors as the world becomes smarter, faster, and smaller (bush, 2008). in the face of globalization, education is as fallible and vulnerable, yet as propitiously and opportunely placed to benefit as any other essential human enterprise. through the forces of globalization, education everywhere confronts new challenges and uncertainties (held & mcgrew, 2004), although there are opportunities: decisions about what to do, how, and when rest with educational leaders. in order to achieve positive outcomes, there are “wicked” determinations to be made at the local level (kets de vries, 2001).