Archives

  • Spring Issue
    Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

    We are pleased to present JSARD's 2024 Spring Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1. This issue includes a range of article types, including two research articles, two essay/commentary articles, a literature review, and a best practice article.

    The first research article addresses the predictive power of early high school grades, while the second focuses on hope and school leadership in elementary school. A literature review explores the literature on communications directors and public relations officials in public school districts. The essay/commentary articles explore lessons learned from equity leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and bilingual methods to support Black language. Finally, the best practice article provides a look into a community collaborative intervention program for middle school students.

    We invite you to read, reflect, and share ideas presented within these articles in an effort to effectively lead and improve K-12 school communities. 

  • Fall Issue
    Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024)

    JSARD is pleased to present the Fall 2024 issue, featuring a collection of original research from around the United States. This issue explores four key topics in educational leadership: the use of ChatGPT to address problems of practice, teachers' perspectives on student smartphone use, the impact of school climate on college and career readiness, and mentoring within schools.    We hope this research enriches your work, whatever your leadership role may be. As always, we encourage you to share our work widely—JSARD remains open-access, so please join us in spreading valuable research across the field.

  • Fall Issue
    Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023)

    The 2023 Fall Issue explores details of educational change, health in schools, caregiver roles, and grading––all from the lens of educational leadership.

    Whether you're an educational leader, researcher, or policymaker, we cordially invite you to peruse, scan, and share the six articles that comprise the issue––each of which address a different dimension of K-12 educational leadership. And as always, JSARD is open-access, so no fees are required to access the research.

         

  • Spring Issue
    Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

    We are pleased to present the Journal of School Administration Research and Development's 2023 Spring Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1. This issue includes educational leadership articles from the U.S. and around the world on a diverse range of topics and in a broad array of settings. We feature four research articles addressing topics of mathematics instructional leadership, building leadership capacity, teacher attrition, and school financing, and two best practice articles exploring learning walks and climate change critical pedagogy. We hope you find something that piques your curiosity and broadens your knowledge base, whatever your educational leadership role may be.

  • Fall Issue
    Vol. 7 No. 2 (2022)

    We invite you to explore the 2022 Fall Issue (Volume 7, Issue 2) of the Journal of School Administration Research and Development, which features research and commentary on a range of topics within the field of K-12 educational leadership. The five articles within this issue include three research articles that address school law enforcement, lessons from distance learning, and school leadership preparation programs. Two additional articles, including one best practice article and one essay, explore the topics of high-performance implementation teams and educational justice in principal preparation.

  • Spring Issue
    Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)

    We invite you to explore the 2022 Spring Issue (Volume 7, Issue 1) of the Journal of School Administration Research and Development, featuring authors and research from the United States, India, and Nepal. This issue features five research articles that address topics of financial leadership, dual language education, job satisfaction, clan culture, and intern teacher support. 

  • Fall Issue
    Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021)

    JSARD is pleased to present its 2021 Fall Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2. This issue includes research articles on the topics of instructional leadership in elementary schools and principal professional development as well as best practice articles on the topics of teacher evaluation, social class and dual credit programs, and device-assisted learning.

  • Spring Issue
    Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

    We are pleased to present the Journal of School Research and Development's 2021 Spring Issue. This issue features articles from educational researchers and practitioners on the topics of grading reform, principal effects on academic progress, mindfulness professional development, the assistant principal as an instructional leader, and developing the leadership capacity of teachers. We hope they aid you in your ongoing work as a school leader to continually improve our K-12 schools.

  • Fall Issue
    Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020)

    JSARD is pleased to present its 2020 Fall Issue, which includes four research articles and one essay that address the topics of curriculum, mental health services, and special educator evaluation––all in the context of school leadership. The authors are researchers and practitioners, coming from settings that include the university, the high school classroom, and the hospital.

  • 5th Anniversary Special Issue: School Leadership During a Global Pandemic, pt. 2
    Vol. 5 No. S2 (2020)

    Greetings from JSARD, where we are celebrating our fifth year as an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. This new issue is the second of our two-part special issue, and it includes authors hailing from universities in the United States, Nepal, and Singapore. The issue contains six essays that address issues of equity, teacher professional learning, health literacy, the challenges of home-based learning, significant administrator challenges, and distance learning pedagogy in Nepal––all from the lens of school leadership and the global pandemic.

  • 5th Anniversary Special Issue: School Leadership During a Global Pandemic, pt. 1
    Vol. 5 No. S1 (2020)

    This special issue is the first part of a two-part series celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD). It is composed of nine short essays that address multiple elements of school leadership during the global pandemic. These elements include perfect attendance, grading, mindfulness, co-teaching, adaptive leadership, dual credit, principal preparation, first-hand administrator accounts, and one-to-one laptop policies. The essays are meant to be concise and practical to provide leaders with some guidance in the many issues with which they are faced.

  • Spring Issue
    Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. 

  • Summer Issue
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. 

  • Summer Issue
    Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. 

  • Summer Issue
    Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. 

  • Winter Issue
    Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership. 

  • Summer Issue
    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016)

    The Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD) (ISSN: 2470-850X, online & ISSN: 2470-8496, print) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that supports the development and dissemination of research and scholarship in the area of K-12 school administration and leadership.