Oct 17, 2024
Publications
George W. Bush Institute
We focus on developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today's most pressing challenges.
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Apr 10, 2023
Dallas Morning News: Are Texas students prepared for life after high school?
By: Anne Wicks
Anne Wicks, Ann Kimball Johnson Director, Education and Opportunity, George W. Bush Institute, explains how economic success depends on home-grown workers.
Jan 11, 2023
How Can Districts Retain Principals? A 5-Year Project Offers Clues
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Featuring Anne Wicks, Eva Chiang
Dec 21, 2022
Education Project Results in Resources for School Leadership to Recruit, Support, and Retain Principals
Dec 14, 2022
Strong Principal Talent Management Increases Principal Retention
By: Eva Chiang, Anne Wicks
Findings from five years of working with the School Leadership District Cohort
Nov 29, 2022
Achieving Success in Rural Schools
Urban and suburban school districts garner most of America’s attention. Still, nearly 10 million students are enrolled in the nation’s rural schools. Their districts are building partnerships with colleges, developing curricula that address their students’ needs, and, importantly, opening students up to unforeseen possibilities.
Nov 14, 2022
Principal Supervision as a Strategy for Supporting and Retaining School Leaders
By: Gina Ikemoto
This case study describes how Granite School District used one strategy – transforming the principal supervisor role – to both improve principal skills and deepen these leaders’ commitment to staying in their roles.
Mar 14, 2022
Dallas Morning News: Why would a new superintendent want to lead your school district?
By: Ioanna Papas
School districts across the Nation are experiencing a mass exit of superintendents. What questions should these school boards be asking and what should they be looking for?
Mar 13, 2022
Why would a new superintendent want to lead your school district?
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Jul 6, 2021
Conditions for Change: The School Leadership Initiative
By: Eva Chiang, Anne Wicks
Bush Institute research with four district partners revealed certain conditions that need to be in place for practice and policy change to occur.