Deals with research and practice regarding school leadership and teacher work, including analysis of current policies, practices, standards of ethical behavior, and trends in professional and student development. The conditions of teachers' work, support for ongoing professional learning, engagement in planning and decision making are explored. Also focuses on workforce development (recruitment, staffing, tenure, promotion, and retirement); fiscal issues (salary, welfare, and fringe benefits); distributed power (academic freedom, teacher unionism, negotiations, grievance procedures); development of staff, board, and community relationships, collaboration with colleges and universities in teacher preparation.