March 2019

Great Leaders, Great Schools: A Closer Look at The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ Model of Support for School Administrators

Read the Partnership's latest white paper about the importance of effective school leadership. Conventional wisdom, along with some notable research, suggests that in the context of school-related factors, the impact of school leaders — defined as principals and assistant principals — on student learning is second only to effective classroom teaching. While the effect of teaching on student outcomes has been researched more closely and is arguably easier to disentangle than the effects of school leadership on student outcomes, at the Partnership we recognize that strong leadership is critical to school transformation. To learn more, download the white paper below.