Principals are understood to be critical actors in improving teaching and learning conditions
in schools; however, relatively little is known about the leadership strategies to which …

Although it is widely believed by parents and policy makers that the quality of school
leadership makes a difference to what students learn at school, testing this hypothesis has …

We study the relationship between school organizational contexts, teacher turnover, and
student achievement in New York City (NYC) middle schools. Using factor analysis, we …

School principals can play an important role in promoting teacher leadership by delegating
authority and empowering teachers in ways that allow them influence in key organizational …

Research on school leadership suggests that both principal and teacher leadership are
important for school improvement. However, few studies have studied the interaction of …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how school principals in urban settings
distributed their time working on critical school functions. We also examined who principals …

During the past decades, teacher collaboration has received increasing attention from both
the research and the practice fields. However, little has been said about its relationship with …

This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to
develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research …

Using a multilevel multiset time-series model, the present study aimed to examine whether
changes in teacher perceived principal leadership practices were associated with the …

The purpose of this study was twofold: to examine the influence of instructional leadership
on teachers' reports of the use of differentiated instruction in their schools and to investigate …