This collection of five reports by distinguished education journalists candidly describes the possibilities and challenges of a range of strategies being tested by states and districts that are part of The Wallace Foundation’s education leadership initiative:
- How Atlanta is “growing its own” school leaders using its innovative “SABLE” training program
- How Louisville and other districts are testing a new way to help principals spend more time each day on instruction
- How Delaware has developed standards and assessments designed to strengthen the connection between leadership and learning
- How a Michigan principal is mastering the use of data to help turn the tide in a troubled school
- How New Mexico is supplying better data to districts along with the skills to make effective use of it to lift student achievement.