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In the changing global context of education, policymakers and the public have rising expectations of education and its role in societal development. Continuing waves of reform have placed school leaders at the center of implementation efforts directed at school improvement. By all accounts this began in the early 1980’s when a confluence of research findings and policy pressures refocused attention on the leadership role of school principals.
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Hallinger, P. (2002). Introduction. In: Leithwood, K., et al. Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0375-9_1
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