tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112708063960552838.post9081847479028994625..comments2023-05-28T12:36:16.526+01:00Comments on CVER: How much do college principals matter?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112708063960552838.post-60828622023362462862018-01-08T10:26:52.244+00:002018-01-08T10:26:52.244+00:00These are interesting correlations but I'm not...These are interesting correlations but I'm not sure that they prove that Principals are the cause and student performance/teacher reward the effect. Well-resourced colleges in prosperous areas, like similar schools, tend to pay higher wages and recruit more principals with more successful track records; their students perform better too. Did the study control for these socio-economic factors?<br />The coming of college 'autonomy' is also open to question. Government established colleges as 'corporations' independent of local authority in 1992 but since then colleges have been subject to rigorous management and control by central government through a host of performance management mechanisms. How likely is this really to change fundamentally now? - Bill Esmond, U of DerbyBill Esmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039577472234923807noreply@blogger.com