The Changing Role of the Superintendency in Restructuring Districts in KentuckyFootnote¹

1. Support for this research was provided by the National Center for Educational Leadership (NCEL) under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. R 117C8005. The views in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of either the sponsoring institution or the Universities in the NCEL Consortium ‐ The University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Vanderbilt University

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