As attacks on critical race theory continue, anti-Black violence remains normalized, with schools often unwilling to transform toward racial healing. Sharing narratives from urban school-based practitioner projects, the authors conceptualize an applied critical race theory systems change model. After clarifying four tenets to guide teacher…

To support principals in managing both instructional and administrative responsibilities, the Szeto Lighthouse Framework offers a structured approach. Balancing instructional leadership with administrative responsibilities can feel overwhelming, demanding significant time and focus. Based on the author's research, the Szeto Lighthouse Framework…

Transformational leadership is a dynamic and people-centered approach that fosters vision, motivation, personal growth, and collective advancement. This qualitative single case study explores the lived leadership journey of a school leader, using semi-structured interviews to uncover rich, contextual insights. Grounded in transformational…

The success of public policies depends not only on their design but also on their effective implementation. This paper examines both the factors that contribute to successful policy implementation and the outcomes of such success using Israel's Second Preschool Teachers' Assistants Reform as a case study. By analyzing this reform, the study…

South African communities may be viewed in three categories -- rural, semi-urban and urban. These communities are unequal in terms of infrastructure and economic opportunities, among other things. The inequities among the communities extend to schools as microcosms of communities. Schools in urban areas enjoy inter alia better infrastructure,…

Adequate resources are essential for professional learning to achieve desired outcomes for educators and students. Time is one of the most valuable resources for learning, but it is also one of the greatest resource challenges for education leaders, especially in the U.S. In the recent book "The Learning Principal," authors Kay Psencik,…

This article breaks new ground in exploring servant leadership with two practitioners, a Montessori team leader and a physics professor. Looking at their reflections through the eyes of adult education, all three authors ascertained that the two practitioners were natural servant-leaders. As they considered what servant leadership meant for their…

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to measure the level of school principals' micromanagement behavior. After a comprehensive literature review, a candidate item pool with 52 items was created. While writing the items, micro-manager behaviors defined in the literature were adapted to school…

This empirical paper reports on perceptions held by early childhood practitioners about leadership in a multicultural environment. The paper problematises leadership in early childhood development (ECD) centres dealing with diverse ethnic children from the Black South African communities. Among others, it discusses the attributes required for…

Picture a world where teachers, equipped with the expertise to produce the best outcomes in every context, confidently and intentionally inquire, adapt, and change instruction based on student needs. Do you know how to get them there? "Developing Teaching Expertise" offers a proactive framework for teachers to work through iterative…

There is a growing need in early childhood education (ECE) programs for leadership to be understood, grasped, and utilized as a tool. ECE programs are tasked with not only training new hires in classroom management skills, but also in training their staff to be leaders within their own classrooms. Administrators in ECE programs are in the business…

This dissertation explores dual language education within the contexts of public education in the United States. The study focuses on effective leadership considerations for principals of strand dual-language programs. In order to gain a complete understanding of current dual language practices and leadership, it will be vital to understand the…

Every school in Nebraska has a mission statement, but how principals use them in their daily practices is unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the utilization of mission statements by Nebraska public school principals to lead, manage, and improve their schools. A multicase study methodology, grounded in the cross-case analysis,…

This correlational study analyzed the data from surveys administered to current Illinois superintendents. Two-way MANOVAs were used to identify if there was a statistically significant relationship between the nine factors of Transformational and Transactional leadership styles as measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and…

This paper focuses on the working relationship between the director of an HE institute in the UK, and an artist-researcher navigating the higher education dance working environment and motherhood. The paper draws on personal experiences, sections labelled "vignettes" that highlight a tension faced by the individual and reflects on how…