Leadership Week: An Aside

Some stats on the changing of the guard in the principal’s office, from the January edition of NEA Today:

• Fewer than 5 percent of new principals come directly from the classroom; many now come from central office positions or coaching roles.
  
  
• 54% of new principals are women. Only 36% of principals with more than ten years in the field are women.
  
  
• 20% of new principals are ethnic minorities, compared to only 15% among the old guard.

The stats come from the EPE Research Center; you can find their report here.