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High-quality training is necessary to ensure that school leaders know how to improve teaching and learning, but it is not enough. The long-term success or failure of leaders is dependent upon the working conditions that support their success; for example, the presence or absence of necessary data to inform decisions; the authority leaders either have, or lack, to direct needed resources (people, time and money) to meet all students’ needs; and whether or not state and local policies affecting the recruitment, hiring, placement and evaluation of school leaders support the meeting of standards and student learning goals. Many states and districts are making significant progress in adopting policies and practices that address these conditions and incentives, some of which are addressed in this section. Under this category are the following topics: