Det var betydligt lättare att vara skolledare före 90-talskrisen. Sedan dess har både resurserna krympt och kraven höjts. "Nu måste förutsättningarna för uppdraget förändras i grunden", säger forskaren Annika Härenstam som studerat ämnet i decennier.

Generella åtgärder på specifika problem leder ofelbart till att alla kommer i kläm. Förtroende och dialog – i alla led – är nycklarna till en framgångsrik skola.

Chef-redaktionen har kokat ner 20 år av vetgirighet, skriverier och kunskaper i 9 steg till gott ledarskap.

Rekordmånga går in i väggen. När kraven ökar orkar hjärnan inte med. "Många tror att det är en fråga om svaghet, att de känner efter för mycket. I själva verket är de som går in i väggen minst lata – de pressar sig till det yttersta", säger Giorgio Grossi, docent i medicinsk psykologi och psykoterapeut…

School administrators should improve their own leadership, collaboration and communication skills to grow their capacity to support teachers, writes Richard DelMoro, superintendent of the Enlarged City School District in Middletown, N.Y. In this blog post, he shares several ways his own district helped improve how its administrators lead.

School improvement relies on stable leadership and positive school culture, among other factors, according to MGT, a management company that oversees schools in a Colorado district. Principal Deana Valadez-Barnes, who joined her school three years ago after a period of leadership turnover, says in her first meeting with parents she was asked what made her…

As the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program celebrates its 10th cohort, alumni and current students reflect on leadership and the impact of Ed.L.D. on their current work.

School principals are key, respected authority figures in their communities, according to a Pew Research Center survey of more than 10,600 adults that show principals as the most trusted to be ethical and responsible. Findings also show that more than 80% of those surveyed say they believe principals care about students.

There are several benefits to online learning, according to Tracy Arnold, secondary school vice principal at Istanbul International Community School. In this blog post, she shares how the online coursework helps students develop soft skills, helps students recover from low grades and more.