An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair - Research Brief

An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent's Chair - Research Brief


July 2003
Howard Fuller, Christine Campbell, Mary Beth Celio, James Harvey, John Immerwahr, Abigail Schumwinger

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This is the research brief for the second report in the Center's leadership series; an examination of large-district school superintendents.

The report's findings and recommendations are based on a written survey of superintendents from 100 of the nation's largest urban and exurban districts, plus extensive interviews with 40 other large-district superintendents (and some former superintendents).