Cultivating Great Principals: The District Role

Cultivating Great Principals: The District Role Great principals are key to turning around urban schools. But effective school leadership rarely just happens by itself; it needs to be cultivated by school districts. A major new Wallace publication, Districts Matter, draws on a decade of foundation research and work in school leadership to describe nine steps districts can take to ensure they have principals capable of boosting teaching and learning. Actions include everything from establishing selective hiring procedures to providing mentoring to novice leaders. This report – and all of our publications – are free of charge. Let us know what you think of them: Emailalerts@wallacefoundation.org. On behalf of The Wallace Foundation, Lucas Held Director of Communications         Receive this from a friend? Subscribe to receive future e-alerts.