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THE PRACTICE: Effective principals set high expectations and standards for the academic and social development of all students and the performance of adults.


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  • Isolation is the enemy of improvement: Instructional leadership to support standards-based practice
    http://www.wested.org

    Instructional leaders must understand the demands of standards-based instruction and foster the conditions that support it. This book by Kate Jamentz of WestEd's Western Assessment Collaborative is designed to assist principals and teacher leaders in this effort.

  • Leadership for Learning
    http://www.ncrel.org/cscd

    From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, features back issues of the publication NEW LEADERS FOR TOMORROWS SCHOOLS, THE URBAN LEARNERS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, focused on closing the achievement gap.

  • Principals Share Strategies on Equity and School Reform
    http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/urbaned/98winter/principals.html

    Principals working to improve the success of all students presented at the National Principal's Forum: Equity and School Reform on February 26-27, 1999, in Washington, D.C. Cosponsored by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, the Laboratory for Student Success (Temple University), and the Education Alliance at Brown University, the forum provided principals from across the country an opportunity to discuss, critique, and recommend actions to achieve equity and systemic school reform, improve student achievement, and meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

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