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
PLI Annual Update 2014 2014 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Experiments with Student Outcomes W. Norton Grubb; PATRICK LIAO; REBECCA CHEUNG 2014 Leadership Programs
Evaluating Berkeley’s Principal Leadership Institute: Experiments With Student Outcomes Professor W. Norton Grubb; Patrick Liao; Rebecca Cheung 2014 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Collective and Team Leadership Rebecca Cheung; Professor W. Norton Grubb 2014 Leadership Programs
Collective and Team Leadership: Preparation For Urban Schools Rebecca Cheung; W. Norton Grubb 2014 Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2013 2013 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Alumni and District Partner Feedback Rebecca Cheung 2013 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Breadth of Regional Impact and Strength of Model 2012 Leadership Programs
A Tripartite Framework for Leadership Evaluation Lynda Tredway; Daphannie Stephens; Carol Hedgspeth; Cynthia Jimes; Rudy Rubio 2012 Leadership Programs
“That’s So PLI”: Modeling Collaboration, Accountability, and Inclusion in UC’s Principal Leadership Institutes 2010 Leadership Programs