September 11, 2007
The nation’s schools need principals who know instruction, and that focus is helping to shape more coherent professional programs to select and train the next generation of school leaders.
September 11, 2007
When Arthur Levine wrote a scathing report on the preparation of American school leaders, the one institution he singled out as a “promising model” wasn’t even in the United States. It was England’s National College for School Leadership.
September 11, 2007
Since 2000, New Leaders for New Schools has recruited and trained more than 300 principals and placed them at the helms of troubled schools in cities across the nation. But the nonprofit organization aspires to much more.
September 11, 2007
Greeneville City and Kingsport district officials entered into a collaborative partnership to help East Tennessee State revamp its educational leadership program.
September 12, 2006
What’s gone around has come around. After a decade or so spent largely on setting academic standards against which to hold schools accountable, states are themselves being held accountable for helping schools figure out how to meet them. Part of Education Week's special annual report, Leading for Learning.
September 12, 2006
Distinguished educators are assigned by the state to help low-scoring districts in Pennsylvania. Part of Education Week's special annual report, Leading for Learning.
September 12, 2006
New Mexico requires "priority schools" to use a continuous-improvement program. Part of Education Week's special annual report, Leading for Learning.
September 12, 2006
With state funding, teams of educators are assisting struggling districts in Kentucky.
Part of Education Week's special annual report, Leading for Learning.
November 15, 2005
Under Edison Schools Inc., educators work in teams, a model that encourages the development of leadership throughout a building.
October 25, 2005
As Michael R. Bloomberg runs for re-election in New York City, voters will judge the extensive changes he’s made to the nation’s largest school system.
October 4, 2005
The Chicago school district will accept proposals this month from outside vendors seeking to craft core college-preparatory curricula in English, mathematics, and science for high schools.
September 13, 2005
With expectations for student achievement at an all-time high, school district leaders say they are playing a more assertive role in shaping instruction, according to a national survey of superintendents commissioned by Education Week.
September 13, 2005
When the Clarksville, Tenn., schools raised expectations for learning, the central office played a leading role in standardizing practice and monitoring data.
September 13, 2005
The California district is not alone in seeking the right balance between site-based management and centralized decisionmaking, a key issue as superintendents concern themselves more with matters of instruction. Gilroy’s experience, in fact, shows how that balance can change over time.
September 13, 2005
Not long ago, a popular theory about school improvement went something like this: Put in strong principals and dedicated staff members, and then get out of their way. When it came to improving teaching and learning, the thinking went, the central office had little to add.
August 30, 2005
Lots of districts like to think they have close-knit leadership teams. But few school leaders can say they’ve ironed their clothes together, which became a morning ritual for a group from San Francisco that spent a week at the Harvard Business School here this summer.
August 9, 2005
As districts nationwide seek ways to ensure a sound education for all children, Montgomery County, Md., has drawn notice for its unusual concentration on human resources.
May 3, 2005
While learning enough about instruction to hold his own with career educators, superintendent John C. Fryer built a districtwide system of school improvement based on staff training and data-driven decisionmaking. The goal has been to help teachers better recognize when students have mastered what they’re expected to learn, and to know what to do when they haven’t.
March 22, 2005
For teachers, practical advice is as close as the room next door. When principals need to know how things get done in their district, they can pick up the phone and call one another. But a fact of life for most superintendents is that it’s lonely at the top.
January 25, 2005
Educators from the United States flock to the Edmonton, Alberta, district in Canada to learn about its experience with site-based management, an idea that is gaining new traction here.
November 30, 2004
A former governor of Colorado runs the Los Angeles school district with a hands-on passion for high-quality instruction.
November 2, 2004
Interest in weighted-student funding, under which money is divvied up based on the actual number and kinds of students at each school, is growing among education leaders.
October 10, 2004
A growing number of states and school districts are re-engineering principals’ jobs to emphasize their roles as instructional leaders, according to an Education Week special report. This chat explores the changing roles of school leaders.
September 27, 2004
For one typical elementary school principal, dealing with paperwork, student discipline, and routine duties consumes most of the day.
September 27, 2004
After years of hearing that a principal’s main job should be to raise the quality of instruction, districts and states are experimenting with ways to make that ideal a reality.
