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

Title Author Year Publication typesort descending
PLI Annual Update 2018 2018 Leadership Programs
Berkeley Principal Leadership Institute Overview Soraya Sablo Sutton 2023 Leadership Programs
“That’s So PLI”: Modeling Collaboration, Accountability, and Inclusion in UC’s Principal Leadership Institutes 2010 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Collective and Team Leadership Rebecca Cheung; Professor W. Norton Grubb 2014 Leadership Programs
Year in Review 2020 2020 Leadership Programs
Annual Update 2019 2019 Leadership Programs
A Tripartite Framework for Leadership Evaluation Lynda Tredway; Daphannie Stephens; Carol Hedgspeth; Cynthia Jimes; Rudy Rubio 2012 Leadership Programs
Principal Leadership Institute Brochure 2015 2015 Leadership Programs
Year in Review 2021 2021 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Brief 2015 2015 Leadership Programs