Learning From Leadership: Investigating the Links to Improved Student Learning

Published :
July 2010, 334 pages
Author(s) :
Karen Seashore Louis, Kenneth Leithwood, Kyla L. Wahlstrom, Stephen E. Anderson et al.
Publishing Organization :
Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement/University of Minnesota, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
Topics :
School Leadership, District Policy and Practice, Effective Principal Leadership, Key Research (School Leadership)
Investigating-the-Links-to-Improved-Student-Learning.pdf
This report is the largest to date to confirm through quantitative data that effective school leadership is linked to student achievement. Principals are the central figures in leadership, this study concludes, but top schools also benefit from a “collective leadership” that includes teachers and others in decision-making.