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The first article titled,\u00a0<em>Building a Better Leader: Lessons from New Principal Leadership Development Programs<\/em>, examines advances in how principals are being trained. In the second commentary,\u00a0<em>It may be harder to become a transformational leader than to get into Harvard<\/em>, he considers the impact traditional low admissions standards have had on the quality of candidates and the sway that higher standards can have on attracting principals better equipped to meet the high expectations currently demanded of our schools.<\/p>\n<p>Both editorials address issues concerning a principal preparation process in great need of repair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edexcellence.net\/articles\/building-a-better-leader-lessons-from-new-principal-leadership-development-programs\">http:\/\/edexcellence.net\/articles\/building-a-better-leader-lessons-from-new-principal-leadership-development-programs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edexcellence.net\/articles\/it-may-be-harder-to-become-a-transformational-leader-than-to-get-into-harvard\">http:\/\/edexcellence.net\/articles\/it-may-be-harder-to-become-a-transformational-leader-than-to-get-into-harvard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two recent opinion pieces, that appeared on the Thomas Fordham Institute web site, offer a look at issues regarding principal preparation.","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quality-leadership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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