Districts Developing Leaders: Lessons on Consumer Actions and Program Approaches from Eight Urban Districts
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Many candidates for the job of principal in urban schools are ill-equipped for the work because the training they received too often fell short in providing the skills and experience necessary to improve teaching and learning. This report, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, looks at efforts in eight Wallace-supported districts to revamp university leader preparation programs. It finds that the districts landed on three consumer-like approaches to promote the preparation of future leaders more likely to succeed in improving troubled city schools. One approach was used by all eight: acting like a “discerning customer” to establish clear expectations for principals, so preparation programs could craft training accordingly.
Published: October 2010, 146 pages
Author(s): Margaret Terry Orr, Cheryl King and Michelle La Pointe
Publishing Organization: Education Development Center, Inc.
Companion Document(s): Executive summary
Wallace Knowledge in Brief
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