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Districts see room for growth in principal hiring practices

from Education Dive

Districts see room for growth in principal hiring practices Education Dive Effective school leadership is now considered a necessary part of improving schools, according to a new RAND Corp. survey of 192 district leaders across the country. Ninety percent of the 175 leaders from districts with at least 10,000 students responded that school leadership is tied to school improvement in district goals, strategic plans and other district activities. But large districts re more likely than medium-sized ones to have many principal pipeline activities that have been found to increase student achievement. These include having leader standards, having a process for recruiting aspiring leaders, and providing coaching to all first-year principals. READ MORE

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