Research on School Leadership

	How Leadership Influences Student Learning by Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, Stephen Anderson and Kyla Wahlstrom This Wallace Foundation review of research into effective school leadership at the school, district, and state levels defines what makes an effective leader and explains the effect leaders can have on school achievement. PDF
	Balanced Leadership: What 30 Years of Research Tells Us About the Effect of Leadership on Student Achievement by Tim Waters, Robert J. Marzano, and Brian McNulty Conducted by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, this research review identifies 21 characteristics of school leaders that have been linked to improved student achievement. PDF
	Educating School Leaders by Arthur Levine This 2005 report analyzes the university programs that educate the vast majority of school and district leaders across the country. PDF
	Who Stays in Teaching and Why: A Review of the Literature on Teacher Retention by Susan Moore Johnson, Jill Harrison Berg, and Morgaen L. Donaldson Most teachers cite environment and intellectual stimulation as key factors in whether they decide to remain at a school, this compilation of studies on teacher retention finds. PDF
	Relationship Building: The First R for Principals by Sue A. Rieg and Joseph F. Marcoline Two professors at Indiana University discuss how interpersonal relationships have become a key to effectiveness for principals. The authors conducted interviews with parents and teachers to evaluate how principals interact and ways they could improve, and asserts that this improvement can lead to increased test scores. PDF
	Instructional Leadership, Teaching Quality, and Student Achievement: Suggestive Evidence from Three Urban School Districts by Janet C. Quint, Theresa M. Akey, Shelley Rappaport, Cynthia J. Willner This study provides evidence that providing instruction-related professional development to school principals can improve teaching and learning in their schools. PDF
	A Mission Of The Heart: What Does It Take to Transform a School? by Public Agenda for the Wallace Foundation Researchers at Public Agenda conducted interviews with principals of high-risk schools to determine what school leaders have done to make the schools successful. They conclude that leaders with a clear, encompassing vision for change are the most effective. PDF
	Beyond the Pipeline: Getting the Principals We Need, Where They Are Needed Most by The Wallace Foundation This policy brief assesses school leader preparation programs and finds that they do little to train high-quality leaders and even less to distribute such leaders to the areas they are needed most. PDF
	School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals by Stephen Davis, Linda Darling-Hammond, Michelle LaPointe, Debra Meyerson The Stanford Leadership Institute's review of research into school leader preparation includes definitions of high-quality leadership and elements of effective programs. It also provides information on the upcoming shortage of high-quality leaders. PDF