Preparing Principals for a Changing World: Lessons From Effective School Leadership Programs

Authors include: Linda Darling-Hammond, Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe and Margaret T. Orr.

Award-winning author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs, and offers concrete recommendations to improve the five-hundred plus programs nationwide. If implemented, the suggested changes will result in a greater number of highly qualified, thoughtful, and innovative educational leaders. In this study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and a team of researchers evaluate eight principal-development programs. Their research reveals what effective programs look like, and what skills and knowledge participants in these programs gain.