Principals are understood to be critical actors in improving teaching and learning conditions
in schools; however, relatively little is known about the leadership strategies to which …

Policy makers increasingly acknowledge that problems and challenges arising at the school
level should be resolved on site. At the same time, the political expectation to delegate more …

Throughout the globe, there is growing attention being paid to issues of equity and efforts to
produce more equitable student learning outcomes in schools, and much of the scholarship …

Purpose There is growing recognition of the importance of educator diversity. The purpose
of this paper is to examine the production, placement and employment of school leaders as …

Purpose Informed by learning transfer theory, the purpose of this paper is to validate the
instrument measuring educational leadership preparation program (LPP) quality attributes …

The past 20 years have seen a shift in school leaders' work that can best be characterized
by an increasing complexity in expectations and greater demands for accountabilities …

Continuous professional development (CPD) is important for educational leaders to improve
institutional performance and students' learning outcomes. Yet, organizing effective …

Despite increasing recognition of the importance of high-quality school leadership, we know
remarkably little about principal skill development. Using administrative data from …

Purpose In response to the proliferation of neoliberal reforms and a “new professionalism”(
Evetts, 2009, 2011), researchers argue that school leaders, like teachers, have experienced …

Purpose: While previous research has examined the impact of school turnaround models,
less is known about the principals who lead these turnaround schools. This study examines …