Fall 2003: Vol. 3, No. 4

In the wake of California’s Prop 227

Finding principals and superintendents who will transform America’s schools

Eliminating the state-mandated licensure of principles and superintendents is the first step in recruiting and training a generation of leaders capable of transforming America’s schools

University-based school administration programs are incoherent, undercapitalized, and disconnected from the districts where graduates are most likely to seek employment. There is much to be learned from the way business and the military train their leaders

Attracting nontraditional leaders to education will require increasing their authority and compensation, conditioned on getting results