How are states using their influence to improve principal quality? A new report from the RAND Corporation gives some insights into what seven states are doing to better prepare principals for their jobs, using policy levers at their disposal. The states are California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, where seven universities and several districts have partnered as part of a Wallace Foundation initiative to redesign principal preparation programs. Each university-district partnership is also collaborating with a state agency (for example, the state department of education or the standards board).
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Source: NAESP’s Principal’s Insight (Education Week – subscription may be required), Dec. 4, 2020.