Research

International Successful School Principal Project (ISSPP)

The ISSPP is the largest and most sustained network on research on successful school principalship. It began in 2001 with a meeting called by its founder and current co-ordinator, Professor Christopher Day at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Representatives from eight nations agreed to create a range of case studies that would examine successful school principalships in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Norway, Sweden and the United States. The network now involves twenty-seven nations in active research with over 250 case studies of successful principals and continues to grow.

Steering group members include Rose Ylimaki, Ken Leithwood, Helene Arlestig, Hans Klar, David Gurr, Ruth Jensen, and Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen. The origin and methodology of the ISSPP lay in an earlier study of English schools (Day, Harris, Hadfield, Tolley & Beresford 2000) that included:

1. data collected from multiple perspectives, i.e., head teachers, deputy heads, governors, parents, students, support staff and teachers;
2. comparisons of effective leadership in diverse contexts ranging from small primary schools to large urban secondary schools; and
3. the identification of personal qualities and professional competencies generic to effective school leaders.

The next phase of the project will consider successful principals as part of a multi-level approach to leadership. Further, the project will expand to mixed methods with a survey instrument as well as qualitative case studies beginning in Fall 2021. Read the brochure for more information.

eJEP – Journal of Education Policy

The eJournal of Education Policy is an international refereed journal providing perspectives on current policy issues facing both K-12 and higher education.  This is an Open Access journal.

AziLDR – Research on School Development

The Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research (AZiLDR), sponsored by NAU-Cognia™, is a two-year school development model aimed at improved working conditions, teacher retention, leadership capacity, and sustainable school improvement. Read more about AZiLDR here and preview the forthcoming book.

Education, Pedagogy, and Democracy

Workshop on Pedagogy – November 9, 2021

Public Education at the Crossroads

A special issue through the European Education Research Journal. Read the collaborative issue here. Findings will be presented at the UN Session at German House in 2022.