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 descending
Freedman, S.W. “Growing up Divided,” AERA Symposium, Invited Presidential Session, Live Streamed. New York, April, 2018. 2021 Journal Article
Impact Report: Leadership Support Program Rebecca Cheung; Nathan Gong 2019 Leadership Programs
Leadership Programs 2023 in Review 2024 Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2015 2015 Leadership Programs
Preparing the Online Space for Equity Centered Discussions Rebecca Cheung 2017 Leadership Programs
Initial Impact of the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) Policy on Preparation Programs Karen Kearney; Heather Mattson; Rebecca Cheung; Reino Makkonen 2018 Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2016 2016 Leadership Programs
Collective and Team Leadership: Preparation For Urban Schools Rebecca Cheung; W. Norton Grubb 2014 Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2017 2017 Leadership Programs
Evaluating Berkeley’s Principal Leadership Institute: Experiments With Student Outcomes Professor W. Norton Grubb; Patrick Liao; Rebecca Cheung 2014 Leadership Programs