Making stronger and more meaningful connections among curriculum, instruction, and assessment results in higher levels of student achievement. That is easy to say but challenging to implement. Such connections were largely missing from the High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice, a small public high school (500 students) in New York…

In the interview process, every aspiring principal naively speaks of assuming the role of instructional leader. The candidate has read the right books, taken the right courses, and attended every possible workshop to prepare for the day when he or she would become captain of his or her own ship. However, it does not take long for principals to…

According to the U.S. Department of Education, 39% of public school students were considered to be part of a minority group in 2000, as opposed to just 22% in 1972. Although the increased diversity offers many opportunities for staff members and students to learn from one another, not all members of the school community adjust quickly to a…