The Three Essentials: Improving Schools Requires District Vision, District and State Support, and Principal Leadership

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August 2010, 53 pages
Author(s) :
Gene Bottoms and Jon Schmidt-Davis
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America’s failing public high schools will turn around only if led by promising principals working under supportive conditions. Seven strategies could make this possible, including ensuring that principals receive and effectively use sound data, according to this report. The publication describes steps states, districts and schools can take for each of seven strategies.