Improving a struggling school’s climate can be both the foundation of long-term school improvement and a source of immediate, visible progress for a new principal. The tricky part for many principals, ...

Cities across America have long hunted for tougher, better-trained principals to turn around struggling schools full of impoverished children. A major university and an influential group of educators ...

As principals come under more pressure than ever to improve underperforming schools, leadership experts say it’s time for the nation to emphasize recruiting and training the next generation of school ...

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District administrators say university principal programs need to improve A new five-year, $47 million initiative from the Wallace Foundation will help improve universities’ principal training, ...

Assistant principals and principals are integral members of our schools, from kindergarten through 12th grade. Among their many roles, these educational leaders develop academic policies, liaise with ...

Gwinnett County's school system has won a $12.5 million grant to expand its nationally recognized executive training program to groom new principals. The Wallace Foundation named Gwinnett as one of ...

When it comes to student success, policy experts pretty much agree that you can't get exceptional achievement without a stellar principal in charge. The trouble in Chicago is our best principals are ...

Classes will soon be in session for principal wannabes in the Houston area. A $3 million grant from the Houston Endowment will allow up to 30 aspiring principals to get the hands-on training they need ...

Jul. 23—In June, 45 principals from across the commonwealth graduated from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Leadership Institute for School Principals program, a year-long executive-level ...

Assemblymen Darrell Steinberg, D- Sacramento, introduced Friday AB 75, a bill to provide $15 million to train 5,000 principals and vice principals per year in school leadership skills. “The difference ...

A new survey shows many of Kentucky's school principals have not been trained on a common assignment: how to enforce anti-bullying policies.Ninety percent of school administrators surveyed by a school ...