Evidence and the Responsibilities of School Leadership in a Post-Fact Era

Abstract

Reacting to what he defines as an apparent disregard for nonpartisan research-based practices to make school reform decisions, the author proposes roles and responsibilities for school leadership at the local level and beyond in an effort to strategically coordinate a fact-based research approach to school reform.

Key words::

• leadership
• policy
• research

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Notes on contributors

Ken Mitchell

Ken Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. A retired superintendent, he has served in multiple leadership and advocacy roles in New York State and currently is Executive Director of the Chief School Administrators in Westchester County. Email: [email protected]