COVID-19 as a Window for Equity-Oriented School Leadership
What Have we learned From Principals’ COVID-19 Response?
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jsard.v9i1.5598Keywords:
equity, principals, crisis leadership, K-12 education policy, COVID-19Abstract
This essay argues that principals' capacity to advance equity might have been constrained by pre-COVID conditions. Drawing on the emerging literature on school leadership during the pandemic, the current article discusses how principals' capacity to advance equity was expanded as a result of the window of opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the increased frequency at which schools experience crises, understanding these opportunities may allow stakeholders to better support principals' efforts to enact equity-oriented leadership practices. Implications for leadership preparation, school funding, accountability policies, and future research are discussed.
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