Contents

• Introduction
• Four Big Lessons from a Decade of Work
• A 10-Year Climb: Education Leadership Reaches the National Reform Agenda
• Behind the Scenes with a Principal Story Protagonist
• “If Our 95,000 Schools Each Had a Great Principal, This Thing Would Take Care of Itself”
• Other Resources

Click here to download the full report:
 Education Leadership: An Agenda for School Improvement

Download the following publications about education leadership and learn other reports and upcoming research free of charge at The Wallace Foundation’s website: www.wallacefoundation.org:

Assessing the Effectiveness of School Leaders: New Directions and New Processes, The Wallace Foundation, 2009

Becoming a Leader: Preparing Principals for Today’s Schools, The Wallace Foundation, 2009

Education Leadership: A Bridge to School Reform, The Wallace Foundation, 2009

How Leadership Influences Student Learning, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement and Ontario Institute for Studied in Education, 2004

How Leaders Invest Staffing Resources for Learning Improvement, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of Washington, 2009

Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems, RAND Corporation, 2009

Leadership for Learning Improvement in Urban Schools, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, University of Washington, 2009

Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons From Exemplary Leadership Development Programs – Final Report, Stanford and The Finance Project, April 2007

Research Findings to Support Effective Educational Policymaking: Evidence and Action Steps for State, District and Local Policymakers, The Wallace Foundation, 2009

You might also want to visit THE PRINCIPAL STORY Project, which pairs a critically-acclaimed PBS documentary about school principals with specially-prepared materials to promote excellence in education leadership.

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