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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Impact Report: Flying With Our Own Wings: The Essential Role Of Leaders In Supporting Pedagogical Mentoring

Tipping the Balance: Social Justice Leaders Allying with Marginalized Youth to Increase Student Voice and Activism

Leadership Connection Rubric: Supporting Equity in the Schools We Need (2nd Edition)

Understanding How a Leaders of Color Network Supports the Retention of a Diverse Leader Workforce

Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative

Laying the Foundation (LtF): A Framework for Integrating Performative Modalities in Social Justice School Leadership Programs

Improving Leader Retention and Self Efficacy through Induction: PLI Leadership Support Program’s Promising Results

Performance Assessment of Aspiring School Leaders Grounded in an Epistemology of Practice: A Case Study

Impact Report: Sustaining Principal Resilience: Early Investigations In Understanding Principal Stress And Support

Defining Teacher Leadership: A Framework

PLI Impact Report: Diversifying The Principal Workforce

Title	Author	Year	Publication type
21CSLA Research Brief: Diversifying the Education Workforce	Marisol Sánchez Castillo; Hua Luo; Joy Esboldt; Moonhawk Kim	2022	21CSLA
21CSLA Project Brief: Finding Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from School Leaders	Meg Stomski; Xueqin Lin; Hua Luo; Rebecca Cheung; Chunyan Yang	2022	21CSLA
21CSLA Research Brief: Innovations in Teaching During the Pandemic	Hua Luo; Marisol Sánchez Castillo; Joy Esboldt; Moonhawk Kim	2022	21CSLA
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
Year in Review 2021		2021	Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Sustaining Principal Resilience: Early Investigations In Understanding Principal Stress And Support	Rebecca Cheung; Meg Stomski; Nathan Gong	2021	FQ3: Critically interrogating systems
How to Increase California’s Educator Workforce	Travis J. Bristol; Shelly Gupton; Soo Hyun Han-Harris; Sarah Lillis	2021	Leadership Programs
Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative	Soraya Sablo Sutton; Nate Gong	2021	FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Freedman, S.W. “Growing up Divided,” AERA Symposium, Invited Presidential Session, Live Streamed. New York, April, 2018.		2021	Journal Article
Year in Review 2020		2020	Leadership Programs