An expansive study devoted to examining the traits of effective school principals has found that high student achievement is linked to “collective leadership”: the combined influence of educators, ...

The National Association of Elementary School Principals reported to members via email and blog post on Friday that the Department of Education has backed down from including student academic growth, ...

(The Center Square) – A new report by a Florida taxpayers group focuses on the importance of school principals and the factors that contribute to strong leadership. “Having an effective principal has ...

As someone who coaches principals at Wichita Public Schools, I’ve seen how effective principals drive positive change across an entire school. They create collaborative and supportive learning ...

One study found that replacing a below-average principal with an above-average principal results in gains of an additional three months of learning in math and reading for the average student. Credit: ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Over the last two ...

Effective school principals not only foster positive learning environments and improve teacher retention, but also affect student achievement — recent research has found that they add about three ...

Great principals lead effective schools. Under the leadership of a great principal, teachers thrive, students engage with core content and school administrative functions run smoothly. Conventional ...

A recent report written by W&M Director of Public Policy Paul Manna examines how state governments can provide local school districts help in developing, supporting and maintaining a large corps of ...

Principals may be the most important people we’ve forgotten. They often take a back seat to teachers in public education debates, even though a wide body of research suggests that the quality of the ...

(The Center Square) – A new report by a Florida taxpayers group focuses on the importance of school principals and the factors that contribute to strong leadership. “Having an effective principal has ...