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, ...

Cities across America have long hunted for tougher, better-trained principals to turn around struggling schools full of impoverished children. A major university and an influential group of educators ...

As principals come under more pressure than ever to improve underperforming schools, leadership experts say it’s time for the nation to emphasize recruiting and training the next generation of school ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. These are not the ...

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 ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In San Antonio, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ryan Wade, a current high school teacher at the Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, wants to be a principal one day. This semester, he begins a ...