Reflecting on and writing often about the importance of leading safe, nurturing, encouraging, inclusive learning environments, the focus is on the organization as a whole.  We talk about the role of the staff and teachers, and how to help students to flourish as they maintain values and actions that support such an environment.  A 2014 Brookings Institute Study reported that "student achievement does not improve with longevity of superintendent service...and that superintendents account for a small fraction of a percent (0.3) of student differences in achievement." It also reported:

"Superintendents may well be as important to student achievement as the popular perception, their portrayal in           the media, and their salaries suggest, but there is almost no quantitative research that addresses their impact."

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