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Direct linkSun, Jingping; Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
Based on a synthesis of unpublished transformational school leadership (TSL) research completed during the last 14 years, this study inquired into the nature of TSL and its effects on student achievement using review methods including standard meta-analysis and vote-counting techniques. Results identify a wider range of TSL practices than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Meta Analysis
Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
This article identifies characteristics of school districts that have been exceptionally successful in closing gaps in achievement among diverse groups of students, including students in challenging circumstances. Evidence for the paper was provided by 31 studies. These were studies, published in the past ten years, which reported original…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Achievement Gap, Organizational Effectiveness
Anderson, Stephen; Leithwood, Kenneth; Strauss, Tiiu – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
This study examined data use and conditions influencing data use by typical principals and teachers, as well as the relationship between data use and student performance. The analysis drew upon a multi-method investigation of leadership at the school, district, and state levels. The findings emphasize the leadership of principals in establishing…
Descriptors: Data, Evidence, Decision Making, Information Utilization
Mascall, Blair; Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
This article presents the results of research into the impact of principal turnover on schools, and the ability of schools to mitigate the negative effects of frequent turnover by distributing leadership in the schools. The findings from this qualitative and quantitative analysis show that rapid principal turnover does indeed have a negative…
Descriptors: Principals, Occupational Mobility, School Districts, Employment Patterns
Leithwood, Kenneth; Mascall, Blair; Strauss, Tiiu; Sacks, Robin; Memon, Nadeem; Yashkina, Anna – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2007
In this study, we inquired about patterns of leadership distribution, as well as which leadership functions were performed by whom, the characteristics of nonadministrative leaders, and the factors promoting and inhibiting the distribution of leadership functions. We consider our account of distributed leadership in this district to be a probable…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Role, Best Practices, Administrator Role
Leithwood, Kenneth – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2006
Leadership is a hot-button issue these days. Reformers depend on it. The public believes that it is what schools need more of. And private sector CEOs think they know exactly what it is and are anxious to share that knowledge with the "poor unwashed masses" of educational leaders. It is not surprising, then, that so many people are trying to make…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
