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, ...

The nation’s elementary school principals lack access to the focused professional development to help them meet the higher expectations of modern early-childhood education, experts and advocates say.

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 ...

The timing couldn’t be worse. In a year where the state funding for a program to train school principals disappears, there is a great demand for school principals. The state gave $800,000 two years ...

When Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg began to reshape city schools, the need for new leadership was acute: projections in 2004 showed that 40 percent of city principals would ...

Legislation to strengthen school leadership and expand principal training across Kentucky has received final passage by the ...

AT THE SCHOOL. THE WORKDAY FOR A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT TRACK COACH IS LONG. NATE BURNS ARRIVES AT SCHOOL AROUND 6:30 A.M., AND BEST CASE, HE’S THERE UNTIL 430, BUT OFTEN MUCH LATER. AND ...

When: School District of Lancaster board reorganization and meeting, Dec. 1. What happened: Board members learned that the district’s principal training program now offers coaching to seasoned ...

About one-third of Houston ISD’s principal training program participants were hired as campus principals for the upcoming year, district records show. Introduced by state-appointed Superintendent Mike ...

Ceaira Richardson recited the challenges that make life in her Southeast D.C. neighborhood difficult. Grocery options are sparse, making it tough to find fresh produce. Crime rates are higher than in ...