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 type
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
Impact Report: Flying With Our Own Wings: The Essential Role Of Leaders In Supporting Pedagogical Mentoring Soraya Sablo Sutton; María Rojas Concha 2020 FQ1: Social justice and equity leadership in practice
Impact Report: Designing Transformational Learning To Prepare Social Justice Leaders Pierre Tchetgen; Rebecca Cheung 2020 Leadership Programs
Laying the Foundation (LtF): A Framework for Integrating Performative Modalities in Social Justice School Leadership Programs Rebecca Cheung; Pierre Tchetgen 2020 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Annual Update 2019 2019 Leadership Programs
PLI: The First 20 Years Rebecca Cheung; Nancy Parachini; John Rogers 2019 Leadership Programs
‘Buen mentor’ y ‘buena mentoría’ según actores de programas de inducción a directores novatos chilenos Carolina Cuéllar Becerra; María Paz González Vallejos; María Jesús Espinosa Aguirre; Rebecca Cheung 2019 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Leadership Support Program Rebecca Cheung; Nathan Gong 2019 Leadership Programs
Improving Leader Retention and Self Efficacy through Induction: PLI Leadership Support Program’s Promising Results Rebecca Cheung; Nathan Gong; Viet Nguyen 2019 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders