Since 2000, The Wallace Foundation has supported a range of efforts aimed at significantly improving student learning by strengthening the standards, the training and the performance of education leaders, along with the conditions and incentives that affect their success – long a neglected area of school reform. The potential as well as the challenges of a more systemwide, coordinated approach to state-, district- and school-level policies and practices has evolved into a working hypothesis – what the foundation calls a “cohesive leadership system” – which holds potential for helping speed and make more permanent the advances being made in developing leadership that benefits the learning of all students. Such a cohesive leadership system are the basis for organizing the research reports, case studies, practical tools and stories that are posted in the Tools & Resources section.
Leadership for Learning: Making the Connections Among State, District and School Policies and Practices
Drawing on lessons learned from Wallace-funded research and state-district work in strengthening education leadership, the foundation has produced a paper that discusses the potential as well as the challenges of an emerging concept of leadership called a “Cohesive Leadership System.” This cohesive leadership system holds potential for helping speed and make more permanent the advances being made in developing leadership that benefits the learning of all students, using a more systemwide, coordinated approach to state, district, and school-level policies and practices.
Published: September 2006, 10 pages
Author(s): The Wallace Foundation
Publishing Organization: The Wallace Foundation
Document Type: Paper
Document Format: PDF