Leadership Programs Research and Publications

Our research investigates how educational leaders learn to lead for equity in TK–12 education through three Focal Questions. 

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  • Focal Question 1: What does equity and justice-focused leadership look like in practice?

  • Focal Question 2: How are equity and justice leaders effectively developed and sustained?

  • Focal Question 3: How must educational systems be transformed to be more equitable and just?

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Leadership Programs Research: Complete Archive

Titlesort ascending Author Year Publication type
Year in Review 2021 2021 Leadership Programs
Year in Review 2020 2020 Leadership Programs
Understanding How a Leaders of Color Network Supports the Retention of a Diverse Leader Workforce Rebecca Cheung; Nate Gong 2022 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Tipping the Balance: Social Justice Leaders Allying with Marginalized Youth to Increase Student Voice and Activism Rebecca Cheung; Chuck Flores; Soraya Sablo-Sutton 2019 FQ1: Social justice and equity leadership in practice
The Case of Assessment Center: How the purpose, logic and experience of an embedded performance assessment of school leaders is built around an epistemology of practice Jessica Charles; Rebecca Cheung; Kristin Rosekrans 2016 Leadership Programs
School-Wide Transformation Toward Arts-Centered Integrated Instruction and Learning: Bringing School Leadership Into Focus Thomas R. Green; Zuhra Teja 2017 Leadership Programs
Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative Soraya Sablo Sutton; Nate Gong 2021 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Principal Leadership Institute Brochure 2015 2015 Leadership Programs
Preparing the Online Space for Equity Centered Discussions Rebecca Cheung 2017 Leadership Programs
PLI: The First 20 Years Rebecca Cheung; Nancy Parachini; John Rogers 2019 Leadership Programs