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 ascending
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
Leadership Programs Policy Brief: Preparing California’s principals for Universal Transitional Kindergarten: Lessons from other states 2023 Leadership Programs