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 Education Leadership 

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SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules: Professional Learning Framework and Module Summaries
SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules: Professional Learning Framework and Module Summaries
(November 2008) This newly-updated guide summarizes 19 innovative training modules developed by the Southern Regional Education Board with Wallace’s support for use in school leadership preparation programs in universities, districts and academies.
Leadership and Learning: A Hechinger Institute Primer for Journalists
Leadership and Learning: A Hechinger Institute Primer for Journalists
(September 2008) A new handbook offers education reporters practical tips on how to get a better handle on the critical role school leadership plays in the everyday stories they cover.
Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools
Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools
(June 2008) Drawing on new research and lessons from current efforts by states and districts, this Wallace Perspective offers a range of steps to reimagine principal training and address longstanding weaknesses.
Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008
Educational Leadership Policy Standards: ISLLC 2008
(June 2008) The 10-year-old education leadership standards in use in more than 40 states have been revised to reflect new knowledge and lessons learned about effective school leadership and the policies needed to support it. This report describes the revised “ISLLC” standards and how they can help leaders meet the growing expectations of their jobs.
Strong Leaders Strong Schools: 2007 State Laws
Strong Leaders Strong Schools: 2007 State Laws
(April 2008) A roundup by the National Conference of State Legislatures documents the range of state lawmaking in 2007 aimed at recruiting, training and supporting high-quality school leaders. A companion brief focuses specifically on what states can do to strengthen leader preparation.
An Initiative to Help Principals Focus on Instruction
Out of the Office and Into the Classroom: An Initiative to Help Principals Focus on Instruction
(January 2008) For school principals under pressure to improve instruction, time is often the scarcest commodity. This article shows how a new position, the School Administration Manager, is being tested with Wallace support in nine states as a promising new way to free principals to concentrate much more time on teaching and learning.
A Bridge to School Reform
Education Leadership: A Bridge to School Reform
(December 2007) Comments by Linda Darling-Hammond, Kati Haycock, Richard Colvin and Wallace President M. Christine DeVita on the critical importance of school leadership, and how states and districts are improving it, are featured in this special report on the Foundation’s recent national education conference.
Stories from the Field - Making State Accountability Count: How New Mexico Supports Principals with Data Tools
Making State Accountability Count: How New Mexico Supports Principals with Data Tools
(November 2007) For principals to meet tough state mandates, the right data in useful form is a must to improve instruction and chart student progress. This article vividly describes how New Mexico is taking steps to supply more useful information to its school and district leaders. 
A Mission of the Heart
A Mission of The Heart: What Does It Take to Transform a School?
(October 2007) What do principals need to know and be able to do to turn around failing schools? How do we find such leaders and then sustain and support them? For answers, Public Agenda interviewed principals in high needs schools as well as superintendents who work with them. A new report offers insights from those conversations
School Needs Good Leaders Now
Schools Need Good Leaders Now: State Progress in Creating a Learning-Centered School Leadership System
(October 2007) Are states doing enough to ensure that all schools have “learning-centered” leaders who put curriculum and instruction first? A new report card by the Southern Regional Education Board concludes progress remains too slow.
Leading, Learning, and Leadership Support: Overview
Leading, Learning, Leadership Support: Overview
An overview with six accompanying “State of the Field Reports” covering a range of core education leadership issues, including: data-informed leadership; resource allocation; redefining leadership roles; leadership assessment; improving governance; and high school transformation. 
Good Principals Aren’t Born — They’re Mentored: Are We Investing Enough to Get the School Leaders We Need?
Good Principals Aren’t Born — They’re Mentored: Are We Investing Enough to Get the School Leaders We Need?
(June 2007) The Southern Regional Education Board analyzes the “sad state” of many aspiring principal mentoring programs and proposes a range of actions by universities and districts to address common weaknesses.
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs – Final Report
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs – Final Report
(April 2007) A major new report by Stanford and Finance Project researchers provides case studies and practical guidelines for district and state policymakers to help reinvent how principals are prepared for their jobs.
Assessing Learning-Centered Leadership: Connections to Research, Professional Standards, and Current Practices
Assessing Learning-Centered Leadership: Connections to Research, Professional Standards, and Current Practices
(March 2007) Responding to a longstanding field need, this report and two companion documents preview the basics of a new learning-centered principal assessment system that will allow districts to evaluate how school leaders’ on-the-job behaviors add value to student achievement.
A Wallace Perspective: Getting Principal Mentoring Right: Lessons from the Field
A Wallace Perspective: Getting Principal Mentoring Right: Lessons from the Field
(March 2007) With more states and districts than ever enacting principal mentoring, a close-up look by Wallace analyzes the common strengths and shortcomings of these new programs and offers guidelines on how they might be improved.
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