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How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success

The Four Paths Framework

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Leithwood

    1. University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  2. Jingping Sun

    1. University of Alabama, The College of Education University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

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  3. Katina Pollock

    1. Western University, Faculty of Education Western University, London, Canada

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  • Describes a well-developed and coherent framework for improving schools and student learning
  • Adds many different perspectives from independent and well-known scholars
  • Discusses an approach to school leadership that comes from providing evidence-based guidance

Part of the book series: Studies in Educational Leadership (SIEL, volume 23)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Kenneth Leithwood, Jingping Sun, Katina Pollock
    Pages 1-11

  5. The Emotional Path

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-135
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    2. Leadership Effects on Student Learning Mediated by Teacher Emotions

      • Jingping Sun, Kenneth Leithwood
      Pages 137-152

    3. Principals, Trust, and Cultivating Vibrant Schools

      • Megan Tschannen-Moran, Christopher R. Gareis
      Pages 153-174

    4. Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London

      • Karen Edge, Katherine Descours, Keren Frayman
      Pages 175-202

  7. The Family Path

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-309
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    2. Effects of Family Educational Cultures on Student Success at School: Directions for Leadership

      • William H. Jeynes
      Pages 311-328
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About this book

While considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made. This book provides a comprehensive account of research aimed at filling this gap in our knowledge, along with guidelines about how school leaders might use this knowledge for their own school improvement work. 


Leadership practices known to be effective for improving student success are outlined in the first section of the book while the remaining sections identify four “paths” along which the influence of those practices “flow” to exercise an influence on student success. Each of the Rational, Emotional, Organizational and Family paths are populated by conditions or variables known to have relatively direct effects on student success and also open to influence by effective leadership practices. 


While the Four Path framework narrows the attention of school leaders to a still-considerable number conditions known to contribute to student success, it leaves school leaders the autonomy to select, for improvement efforts, the sub-set of conditions that make the most sense in their own local circumstances. The approach to leadership described in this book provides evidence-based guidance on what to lead and flexibility on how to lead for purposes of improving student learning. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kenneth Leithwood

  • University of Alabama, The College of Education University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

    Jingping Sun

  • Western University, Faculty of Education Western University, London, Canada

    Katina Pollock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success

  • Book Subtitle: The Four Paths Framework

  • Editors: Kenneth Leithwood, Jingping Sun, Katina Pollock

  • Series Title: Studies in Educational Leadership

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50980-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50979-2Published: 24 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84537-1Published: 07 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50980-8Published: 15 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1572-3909

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0130

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 365

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Schools and Schooling, Higher Education, Learning & Instruction

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