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Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, Stephen Anderson and Kyla Wahlstrom Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement and Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationOntario, Canada
This is a link to a paper that was published in September 2004 on the Wallace Foundation website. The authors of the paper are Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, Stephen Anderson and Kyla Wahlstrom. The publishing organisation is the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
Leadership not only matters: it is second only to teaching among school-related factors in its impact on student learning, concludes a comprehensive review of the available evidence on school leadership by researchers from the Universities of Minnesota and Toronto. This first in a series of publications probing how leadership can best promote learning concludes that leadership ' s impact tends to be greatest in schools where the learning needs are most acute. How can leaders achieve this impact? By setting directions - charting a clear course that everyone understands, establishing high expectations and using data to track progress and performance. By developing people - providing teachers and others with the necessary support and training to succeed. And by making the organization work - ensuring that the entire range of conditions and incentives in districts and schools fully supports teaching and learning.
See website: www.wallacefoundation.org to read on-screen or download an 87-page PDF of this comprehensive paper.
Thank you to the Wallace Foundation (www.wallacefoundation.org) for making this paper freely available on the Internet.
Kenneth Leithwood is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at OISE/University of Toronto, Canada.
Karen Seashore Louis is Professor of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota, and past vice-president for Division A of the American Educational Research Association.
Stephen Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education at OISE/University of Toronto, Canada.
Kyla Wahlstrom is Director of CAREI at the University of Minnesota, USA.
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