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The Role of Assistant Principals: Evidence and Insights for Advancing School Leadership


​​​​​​​​​​​The number of assistant principals has grown markedly in recent years, and with reconsideration, the AP role could do more to help foster educational equity, school improvement and principal effectiveness, according to a new synthesis of research commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.




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