Newswise — Wednesday, March 30, The Wallace Foundation invites you to attend, The Principal Factor in School Improvement: Implications for Federal Policy. This important briefing will examine a crucial but often overlooked issue in education reform: school leadership.
A decade of independent research has confirmed that large-scale school improvement cannot succeed without effective school principals. The briefing by some of the nation’s top authorities on school leadership will summarize highlights from a decade of research commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and the implications for federal policy. Learn what is known about effective principal preparation, as well as how federal policy can help states and districts to improve principal performance, retain teachers and use public dollars more effectively. Presenters include: M. Christine DeVita, President, The Wallace Foundation, Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University, Michael Copland, Director, Leadership for Learning, University of Washington, Paul Pastorek, State Superintendent of Education, Louisiana and Alexandra Anormaliza, former high school principal, International High School in Brooklyn, and currently with the New York City Department of Education.
The briefing will take place on Wednesday, March 30 from 10 – 11 a.m. in 216 Hart Senate Office Building. To RSVP, please contact Ali Diallo at [email protected] or 301-656-0348.
The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national foundation dedicated to supporting and sharing effective ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities for children. The Foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for learning through summer learning and an extended school day and year; enhancing out-of-school time opportunities; and building and appreciation and demand for the arts.
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