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
Defining Teacher Leadership: A Framework Rebecca Cheung; Thomas Reinhardt; Elisa Stone; Judith Warren Little 2018 FQ3: Critically interrogating systems
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 2017 2017 Leadership Programs
School-Wide Transformation Toward Arts-Centered Integrated Instruction and Learning: Bringing School Leadership Into Focus Thomas R. Green; Zuhra Teja 2017 Leadership Programs
Preparing the Online Space for Equity Centered Discussions Rebecca Cheung 2017 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Diversifying The Principal Workforce Rebecca Cheung 2017 FQ3: Critically interrogating systems
PLI Annual Update 2016 2016 Leadership Programs
The Case of Assessment Center: How the purpose, logic and experience of an embedded performance assessment of school leaders is built around an epistemology of practice Jessica Charles; Rebecca Cheung; Kristin Rosekrans 2016 Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2015 2015 Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Brief 2015 2015 Leadership Programs