Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
With its education funding Wallace Foundation is all about the importance of school leadership.
The funder recently launched a $47 million initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals. Before that was the funder's $85 million Principal Pipeline Initiative, which began in 2011.
This emphasis on principals distinguishes Wallace from many other K-12 education funders. But the way the foundation has zeroed in on this niche—as a key leverage point for its grant dollars—makes a lot of sense...